How to prevent recurrence of lung cancer after surgery

Lung cancer patients are most afraid of recurrence during treatment. How to reduce the recurrence rate of lung cancer? For stubborn diseases like cancer, experts say that patients should pay attention to recurrence after surgery. Once recurrence occurs, it is very troublesome. Whether it is diet or postoperative treatment, how to prevent recurrence of lung cancer after surgery?

1. Strictly implement cancer-free surgery during surgery to avoid and eliminate iatrogenic implantation. For small unilobar lesions, lobectomy should be performed; for interlobar lesions, multi-lobectomy should be performed if lung function permits, and lobectomy plus partial resection of the invaded adjacent lobe should be avoided; sleeve lobectomy should increase the length of the bronchial resection margin as much as possible to remove existing cancer cells as much as possible to reduce recurrence. Strict and systematic radiotherapy should be performed after surgery, and gamma knife radiotherapy can be performed for small lesions.

2. Avoid mental stimulation, colds, infections and excessive fatigue

3. After the first radical treatment, immunotherapy and rehabilitation conditioning with systemic therapeutic effects are given to restore the body's immune function as soon as possible and eliminate residual cancer cells. Especially for those with positive resection ends confirmed by postoperative pathology, bronchofiberscope, sputum or other examinations should be performed regularly (3-6 months) and local radiotherapy should be performed as soon as possible. Chemotherapy has no obvious effect on reducing the mortality rate of recurrence at the original site or ipsilateral recurrence.

4. Regular and timely follow-up examinations. Currently, follow-up examinations are required every three months in the first year after lung cancer treatment; every six months in the second and third years; and once a year thereafter. Each follow-up examination must include a lung imaging examination.

5. Quit smoking and prevent respiratory infections.

Diet after lung cancer surgery is very important for lung cancer patients. Since the patient's body is relatively weak after lung cancer surgery and the treatment effect is not stable, sufficient nutrition after surgery can promote the rapid recovery of the patient's body and improve the patient's immune function. It can be seen that the correct diet after lung cancer surgery can help the treatment and recovery go smoothly.

Generally, the digestive function of patients with early and middle stage lung cancer is relatively sound. The diet after lung cancer surgery should be mainly aimed at supplementing sufficient nutrition, so as to improve the patient's physical fitness, enhance resistance, effectively prevent the invasion and metastasis of tumor cells, slow down the occurrence of cachexia, and enhance surgical tolerance. A reasonable diet structure after lung cancer surgery can quickly and effectively promote the patient's recovery as soon as possible, and supplement the body's decreased immune ability and leukopenia caused by surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

The general principle of diet after lung cancer surgery is to eat light, soft, and easy to digest and absorb. When choosing food and taking supplements, do not rush to achieve the desired result. You can start with a liquid diet, and then transition to a semi-liquid diet or a normal diet when there is no obvious discomfort. The diet after lung cancer surgery should also pay attention to the balance of various nutrients to facilitate the body's recovery after surgery.