What to do if lung cancer metastasizes to the liver in the late stage

Lung cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the fastest growing incidence and mortality rate, and it poses the greatest threat to people's health and life. In the late stage of lung cancer, as the disease continues to progress, it is easy to show symptoms of metastasis. Liver metastasis is one of the common ways of lung cancer metastasis. Lung cancer liver metastasis increases the difficulty of treatment. Therefore, patients with lung cancer liver metastasis should choose a treatment method that suits their condition. So what should we do if lung cancer metastasizes to the liver in the late stage?

The liver is also a common site of lung cancer metastasis, with about 28% to 33% of lung cancers metastasizing to the liver. Liver metastasis is when cancer cells of the primary lung cancer break off and invade the liver through the blood circulation and implant and grow in the liver. Liver metastasis can be single or multiple nodular metastatic foci.

What should be done if lung cancer metastasizes to the liver in the advanced stage? The purpose of treating lung cancer metastases to the liver is to control the deterioration of the disease, improve the patient's quality of life, and prolong survival.

The chance of surgical treatment of liver metastasis of advanced lung cancer is very small. This is mainly because the tumor cells have already metastasized to the liver when lung cancer metastasizes to the late stage, and the patient's physical condition is relatively weak at this time. Most patients cannot tolerate the trauma caused by surgery. If surgical treatment is performed reluctantly in time, serious complications and recurrence often occur after surgery, which is not conducive to the patient's recovery after surgery and even increases the difficulty of treatment.

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are commonly used treatments for advanced lung cancer metastasized to the liver. As a local treatment method, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are effective in treating advanced lung cancer metastasized to the liver. However, the strong toxic side effects often make it difficult for patients to tolerate, and they may even have to terminate the treatment, which affects the treatment effect. In order to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity, in clinical practice, doctors often recommend that patients take Chinese medicine for auxiliary treatment, which can reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, strengthen the patient's physical fitness, and improve the treatment effect.

Traditional Chinese medicine is an important means of comprehensive treatment for advanced lung cancer metastasis to the liver. It can be used alone or in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity, promote the recovery of the patient's immune function, and enhance the patient's own anti-cancer ability, thereby improving the patient's quality of life. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of advanced lung cancer metastasis to the liver emphasizes both "symptoms" and "root causes". It treats the primary lesions while taking into account the metastatic lesions. It not only pays attention to the local lesions of the tumor, but also takes into account the entire body, making the treatment more comprehensive and the efficacy more prominent.

The above is an introduction to "What to do if lung cancer metastasizes to the liver in the late stage". Patients with advanced lung cancer and liver metastasis cannot give up treatment. As long as they find a treatment method suitable for themselves, they can prolong the patient's survival time. Therefore, patients must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment and must never give up treatment.