Do you want gamma knife for lung cancer

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In fact, gamma knife is ordinary X-ray. It is a kind of radiotherapy, not a radical treatment. For example, those who are very young and can tolerate surgery should be the first choice. Gamma knife radiotherapy is mainly suitable for small cell lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. And the curative effect will be different correspondingly. Let's take a look.

Do you want gamma knife for lung cancer

First, gamma knife is an effective method for small cell lung cancer. Of course, chemotherapy has a positive effect on small cell lung cancer in both early and late stages, and even about 1% of early small cell lung cancer is cured by chemotherapy.

Second, chemotherapy is 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.

Third: lung cancer radiotherapy can cause related complications, including radiation pneumonitis, radiation esophagitis, radiation pulmonary fibrosis and radiation myelitis.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer is a malignant disease. Before making treatment decisions, we should carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of treatment measures and the potential risks of natural course, and then make decisions. Chemotherapy and surgical resection are an option