Chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery

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A neighbor with lung cancer disease, usually there will be cough phenomenon, in the recent always coughing up blood, in the hospital for surgical treatment, then, lung cancer surgery chemotherapy? Let's talk about it.

Chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery

First of all, 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, but can only prolong the survival and improve the quality of life of patients. Chemotherapy is divided into therapeutic chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. It is necessary to carry out chemotherapy after operation!

Secondly, lung cancer can be treated by surgery, but surgery only cuts off the surface of the tumor, but the foundation is not eliminated, so in addition to surgical treatment, and then later adjuvant chemotherapy, to completely eliminate cancer cells, lung cancer disease treatment methods are more, chemotherapy is the most important treatment method, in the operation with chemotherapy effect will be better.

Finally, lung cancer surgery is the first step, followed by chemotherapy, chemotherapy is chemotherapy, anti-cancer drugs into the blood, the body's cancer cells to kill. Chemotherapy drugs and chemotherapy time after lung cancer surgery should be based on tumor remission, symptom remission and treatment-related toxicity. Chemotherapy is actually drug therapy, that is, drugs are delivered into the body by oral administration, drip or injection, so as to give full play to the opportunity of killing tumor. Compared with surgery, chemotherapy often acts on the whole body, leaving tumor cells nowhere to hide. However, this carpet bombing often kills thousands of enemies, and it will damage 800. Clinically, it is often limited by side effects.

matters needing attention

After getting lung cancer, we should pay attention to the treatment methods, especially the reasonable and systematic treatment under the guidance of doctors. During the treatment, patients should also pay attention to their living and eating habits, especially the adjustment of mood, and have the confidence to overcome the disease.