Can lung cancer be cured

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My uncle has been diagnosed with lung cancer for some time. In daily life, he often has cough symptoms. He was diagnosed with lung cancer only after going to the hospital for examination. At the beginning, the doctor told us whether lung cancer can be cured. Now I will tell you this problem.

Can lung cancer be cured

First of all: whether the treatment of advanced lung cancer is appropriate is the most important factor related to how long the advanced lung cancer can live. As far as the treatment of advanced lung cancer is concerned, the possibility of surgical resection is very low.

Secondly: 70% of the patients with advanced lung cancer can relieve their symptoms after radiotherapy. Different doses and fractions of external radiotherapy can relieve the local symptoms of primary or metastatic lesions. However, radiotherapy can also cause damage to normal cells, so radiotherapy should be used with caution for patients with advanced lung cancer whose physical function is very weak. .

Finally: most patients are very thin and often feel very weak. Hoarse voice, speak hard, almost no appetite, and swallowing regret difficult, can only eat some liquid food, phlegm is very thick.

matters needing attention

The early stage of lung cancer, sometimes without any clinical manifestations, some symptomatic, generally common is cough, generally dry cough, generally take cough medicine can not alleviate, there may be hemoptysis or sputum with blood.