Is chemotherapy necessary after lung cancer surgery

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Uncle just finished lung cancer surgery, after coughing up blood, we found that, sent to the hospital is already lung cancer medium-term, but we still did not give up, finally chose to do surgery, the doctor said chemotherapy for a period of time, to see the effect, tell you, lung cancer surgery after chemotherapy is necessary!

Is chemotherapy necessary after lung cancer surgery

First of all: lung cancer patients after surgery, it is best to choose chemotherapy, in this way, can better contain cancer cells, with the development of medicine, the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer is no longer limited to patients with advanced lung cancer who can not be treated by surgery, but as a systemic treatment in the treatment of lung cancer. The effect of chemotherapy is to inhibit the bone marrow hematopoietic system, if combined with traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the effect will be better.

Secondly: due to the characteristics of lung cancer, chemotherapy is the first treatment for lung cancer. Patients with lung cancer confirmed by pathology or cytology, patients with KS score above 50-60, expected survival time above one month and patients over 70 years old were used.

Finally: the use of drugs in the treatment of lung cancer patients also has a certain effect, although many drugs are effective, but the efficiency is very low. The applicable symptoms of chemotherapy include stage III patients with squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma or large cell carcinoma confirmed by pathology or cytology but unable to operate, stage III patients with postoperative recurrence and metastasis or other reasons unsuitable for operation, and patients with residual focus after surgical exploration and pathological examination.

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It should be noted that for elderly patients with body failure or cachexia constitution, as well as patients with serious heart, liver and kidney dysfunction, patients with poor bone marrow function, and even patients with complications and infection, fever and bleeding tendency, chemotherapy can not be carried out. It is best to use Chinese medicine for conditioning for a period of time, which can also help patients effectively relieve pain and slow down the disease.