Does lung cancer need radiotherapy after operation

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My aunt is a patient with lung cancer. Because she was found too late, and he is too old, the doctor did not recommend surgery. Now she is doing palliative treatment, and her condition is still developing, but the effect of treatment is to reduce his pain. I think you also want to know how long the lung cancer can survive with tumor. Now I would like to discuss with you whether radiotherapy is needed after lung cancer surgery.

Does lung cancer need radiotherapy after operation

Method 1: palliative chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer, the median survival time of untreated advanced non-small cell lung cancer is 4-6 months, and a few patients can survive more than 1 year. The 1-year survival rate can be improved by 19% after platinum regimen. The application of taxanes, norepinephrine, gemcitabine and other drugs can further improve the survival rate of patients.

Method 2: palliative radiotherapy for advanced lung cancer can reduce the symptoms of 70% of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, and external radiotherapy with different doses and fractions can reduce the local symptoms of primary or metastatic lesions.

Method 3: pain relief and psychotherapy in advanced stage of lung cancer is one of the intolerable pain of patients with advanced lung cancer. The pain caused by non-small cell lung cancer can be alleviated by drugs and radiotherapy. Active symptomatic treatment and caring for patients' emotional or nursing needs are also very important to improve patients' quality of life.

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The effect of traditional Chinese medicine on advanced cancer is better, because the patients with advanced cancer are weak due to the large consumption of cancer cells. Most of the cancer cells have metastasized in many places. The local treatment effect of Western medicine is not good, and the patients can not tolerate surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Taking traditional Chinese medicine can comprehensively regulate the internal environment of the body, tonify Qi and nourish blood, strengthen healthy and eliminate pathogenic factors, effectively control the disease, relieve pain and prolong life.