What about lung cancer

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I have worked with a colleague for many years and had a very good relationship with him. Later, he was examined for lung cancer. Because he had been smoking for decades and his condition was a little serious, he began to receive chemotherapy at that time. Now let's see what to do with lung cancer.

What about lung cancer

First, chemotherapy is the main treatment of lung cancer, more than 90% of lung cancer need chemotherapy. The curative effect of chemotherapy on small cell lung cancer is positive in both early and late stage, and even about 1% of early small cell lung cancer is cured by chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is also the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. The tumor remission rate of chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer is 40% - 50%. Chemotherapy generally can not cure non-small cell lung cancer, can only improve the condition, improve the survival of patients.

Second, radiotherapy can be divided into radical treatment, palliative treatment, preoperative neoadjuvant radiotherapy, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and intracavitary radiotherapy according to the purpose of treatment.

Third: surgical treatment of lung cancer surgical treatment is the first choice and the most important treatment of lung cancer, but also the only way to cure lung cancer. The purpose of surgical treatment of lung cancer is: to completely remove the primary lesions and metastatic lymph nodes of lung cancer, to achieve clinical cure; to remove most of the tumor, to create favorable conditions for other treatment, namely tumor reduction surgery; shape reduction surgery: suitable for a small number of patients, such as refractory pleural cavity and pericardial effusion, by removing pleural and pericardial planting nodules, removing part of pericardium and pleura, to treat lung cancer The clinical symptoms caused by pericardial and pleural effusion can be cured or relieved, and life can be prolonged or quality of life can be improved. Local and systemic chemotherapy should be performed simultaneously in the operation. Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy are often needed before or after surgery to improve the cure rate of surgery and the survival rate of patients. The five-year survival rate of surgical treatment for lung cancer was 30% - 44%, and the mortality rate of surgical treatment was 1% - 2%.

matters needing attention

Early stage of lung cancer is the best opportunity for treatment. Patients should grasp the opportunity and actively cooperate with doctors to receive treatment. Lung cancer patients often have different parts of the tumor metastasis, causing different symptoms, should pay attention to observation and give corresponding nursing.