Can lung cancer operation cure

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In the last two days, I found that my elder brother was always coughing. I asked him what was the matter, but he didn't understand. He said that he might have a cold. I said that coughing is bad for his health, so I would take him to the hospital for examination. The doctor told me that he had lung cancer. Today, I'd like to talk with you about whether lung cancer surgery can be cured.

Can lung cancer operation cure

First, the four major therapies for lung cancer include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy. Surgical treatment is mainly used for early detection of lung cancer, the physical condition of patients is required, because the removal of part of the lung will affect breathing, will lead to later panting, breathing. However, surgery may not be able to completely remove all cancer cells in the body, and it is easy to have recurrence and metastasis after surgery. Clinical data show that "local recurrence has become an important factor affecting the survival of patients within 5 years after surgery".

Second, it is suggested that some pathological tissues should be removed during the operation and made into wax blocks. If the cancer recurres after the operation, this sample can be directly used for detection to analyze the mutated genes causing the cancer and guide the future treatment direction. In addition, it should be noted that most of the lung cancer is already advanced when it is found, and with the metastasis of cancer cells, it is no use to have surgery.

Third: as for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, they are mainly used for small cell carcinoma. For non-small cell patients, the effective rate of chemoradiotherapy is also very low, only about 30-40%. It is very painful to do radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and it will bring a lot of side effects, such as liver damage, kidney damage and so on.

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Now the treatment of cancer is usually surgery and chemotherapy, surgery is a relatively fast treatment, while chemotherapy is a relatively slow treatment, and the process of chemotherapy is more painful, as long as it is not malignant cancer, general cancer can be cured after surgery.