3 issues that lung cancer patients should consider during chemotherapy

The importance of chemotherapy as a systemic treatment method has received more attention. Lung cancer patients whose tumors have spread or metastasized can take chemotherapy. The following three issues should be considered when formulating a chemotherapy plan.

Treat the symptoms urgently and treat the root cause slowly. Appropriate chemotherapy is very important.

When formulating chemotherapy plans, different chemotherapy methods are selected according to the severity of the patient's condition, which makes the treatment more targeted and conducive to achieving satisfactory results. Patients with severe symptoms such as shortness of breath or massive hemoptysis can use interventional chemotherapy, that is, bronchial artery or pulmonary artery intubation treatment; patients with large amounts of pleural effusion should first undergo pleural effusion drainage, and then local chemotherapy of the thoracic cavity; when the patient's systemic symptoms have improved or metastasis has occurred when the diagnosis is confirmed, systemic intravenous chemotherapy is the first choice.

Treatment must be standardized and postoperative cleaning is essential

The chemotherapy process must be standardized and in place, otherwise the tumor may shrink or even disappear after chemotherapy, but recur or metastasize soon. Lung cancer has different cytological types such as squamous, glandular, and small cell undifferentiated. The medication regimen, chemotherapy method, and course of treatment for each type are different, so standardized treatment must be given to achieve the expected results. After surgery, the patient may have residual micro-lesions in the body. For the sake of caution, systemic chemotherapy should be performed to completely eliminate cancer cells.

Combining Chinese and Western medicine has good efficacy

Chemotherapy drugs are generally Western medicines, which will have certain toxic side effects on the body and cause damage to normal cells. Therefore, it is advisable to cooperate with Chinese medicine treatment during chemotherapy. On the one hand, it can improve the efficacy, and on the other hand, it can reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and enhance the body's immune function. The combination of the two and flexible use can achieve good therapeutic effects.