Treatment recommendations for advanced lung cancer

Many patients with advanced lung cancer are worried or have no hope, but the treatment of lung cancer is not so certain. After all, it varies from person to person. Regardless of whether it can be cured, we firmly believe that persistence is victory. As long as you have a good treatment plan, I believe you can get unexpected gains. The following are some treatment suggestions given by experts to patients:

1. Late-stage cancer that has metastasized is not suitable for surgery

Surgical treatment is suitable for patients with primary cancer, but when the cancer has metastasized, surgery is not suitable. Strictly speaking, surgery should remove all cancer cells in the body. Before surgery, X-rays, CT scans and other methods will be used to find metastatic cancer cells, but there will be a large number of small cancer foci around large lesions that spread to peripheral organs. Due to their small size, they cannot be observed and cannot be removed. On the other hand, lung surgery is a major surgery. Patients cannot eat for several weeks after the surgery, which consumes a lot of physical energy and weakens their resistance to cancer. This will give cancer cells an opportunity to wreak havoc and will not achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

2. Avoid unnecessary pathological examinations

Pathological biopsy will bring great pain to patients, and the conclusion drawn is often just to tell patients that the cancer has metastasized, which means little to patients who have been diagnosed. Too many repeated examinations will increase the patient's physical burden and pain, making the body weaker and the condition worse. What's more, doctors may ask patients to repeat the examination for economic benefits. Such examinations must be firmly refused.

3. Be cautious with chemotherapy

Patients with advanced cancer should be cautious about chemotherapy, especially those with advanced cancer who are physically weak. Chemotherapy can often only allow patients to live one or two more months, but at the cost of great pain. At this time, the patient's body is already very weak, and the use of chemotherapy drugs can only reduce related indicators such as blood tests. The toxic side effects of chemotherapy drugs will destroy the patient's last immunity, and such chemotherapy may even accelerate the patient's death. In short, treatment should be given without causing additional pain, so as to achieve the goal of prolonging life and improving the quality of life.

4. Targeted drugs can be used to treat non-small cell lung cancer

Targeted drugs are currently the most advanced drugs used to treat cancer. Traditional chemotherapy drugs work through cytotoxicity, killing tumor cells while also damaging normal cells, causing significant side effects; targeted drugs are developed for genes specific to tumor cells and can identify and kill tumor cells with high specificity, so they have good effects and few side effects, and are especially suitable for patients with poor physical fitness.

It is important to note that, because the oncogenes of different cancer patients are not the same, not all lung cancer patients will benefit from these targeted drugs. In the early days, based on clinical statistical results, it was believed that these two drugs were more effective for Orientals, women, non-smokers, and patients with alveolar cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma, and many doctors have been using drugs based on this principle. With the in-depth analysis of the drug's mechanism of action, it has now begun to test whether the patient is suitable based on his or her genetic condition: For patients who are suitable for targeted drugs, even in the late stage, they can receive good results; for patients who are not suitable, not only will it not work, but it will also waste high drug costs and treatment opportunities.

5. Appropriate use of traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Taking Chinese medicine can sometimes bring better results than chemotherapy, so you can try it appropriately. Due to the dialectical approach, Chinese medicine can improve symptoms, improve the quality of life, stabilize lesions, and prolong survival. It can reduce toxic and side effects and improve efficacy in the process of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the treatment of lung cancer, methods such as nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi and nourishing yin, nourishing yin and warming yang are used respectively, and they are used together with anti-cancer drugs such as resolving phlegm and softening hard masses, regulating qi and removing blood stasis, and clearing away heat and detoxifying. Be sure to go to a regular hospital to find an experienced and reliable doctor.

6. Pay attention to your diet and mood

While adopting a reasonable treatment plan, we must remember that the ultimate fight against cancer depends on the patient's own body resistance, so we must pay attention to diet, supplement adequate nutrition, and ensure immunity. At the same time, it is also crucial to maintain a positive and optimistic mental state.

I believe that you will have a good effect in the future treatment process and recover soon! If you have any questions, please consult our online experts, who will give you detailed answers. Feihua Health Network wishes you a speedy recovery!

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