How long does radiotherapy take for lung cancer

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Before I had a physical examination in the hospital, I was found suffering from lung cancer. At that time, the doctor asked me to do radiotherapy treatment. Up to now, I have done it several times. This treatment is really painful. I'm afraid I can't stick to it. Today, let me talk about how long radiotherapy for lung cancer takes.

How long does radiotherapy take for lung cancer

First, the symptoms of advanced lung cancer will be different due to the different constitutions of patients. The condition of advanced lung cancer is relatively serious, and timely symptomatic treatment is needed. For lung cancer, conventional fractionation is the first choice, once a day. If the tumor volume is smaller, within 3cm, large fractionation can be chosen, once a day or every other day.

Second: the radiotherapy of lung cancer should first choose conventional fractionation, once a day. If the tumor volume is small, within 3cm, large fractionation therapy can be selected, once a day, or once every other day. If it is limited stage of small cell lung cancer, hyperfractionated treatment can be given twice a day, with an interval of two hours. Systemic chemotherapy was given simultaneously.

Third: the treatment of lung cancer can not be radiotherapy, radiotherapy has certain side effects, side effects often make the patient weak, immune decline, and eventually lead to empty people and money is a common thing. Effective traditional Chinese medicine formula can be used in the treatment of lung cancer.

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Before radiotherapy, patients with lung cancer must have blood routine examination, and after the examination results of patients are normal, they can be treated with radiotherapy, and they should have at least one blood routine examination every week.