What are the treatments for lung tumors

The incidence of lung cancer has been high in recent years, and it is also very harmful to patients. Through investigation, it was found that people who smoke all year round have the highest incidence of lung cancer. Lung cancer should be treated in time. If it is early lung cancer, the treatment effect is generally very good. However, if it is discovered late, it will often increase the difficulty of treatment and pose a great threat to the patient's life safety. There are many treatments for lung cancer, the more common ones are radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgical therapy, etc. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine treatment and lifestyle treatment are also common supportive therapies.

1. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy can alleviate the symptoms of 70% of patients with advanced lung cancer. External radiotherapy with different doses and fractions can relieve local symptoms of primary or metastatic lesions. However, patients with advanced lung cancer often die prematurely due to the strong toxic side effects and complications of radiotherapy. While enduring the torture of cancer, they also have to endure the toxic side effects of treatments such as radiotherapy, such as chest pain, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, etc., and their quality of life is extremely poor.

2. Surgical treatment of lung cancer: Although surgery can remove lesions in the lungs, due to the poor physical condition and low immunity of patients with advanced lung cancer, surgery often causes serious damage to their vitality and a sharp decline in their quality of life. If systemic treatment is not carried out, the good results are often short-lived, leading to tumor recurrence or metastasis, especially for small cell lung cancer.

3. Chemotherapy for lung cancer: Small cell lung cancer progresses rapidly, has a strong tendency to spread throughout the body, and is highly sensitive to chemotherapy. The 5-year survival rate has increased from 1% to over 10%. Therefore, chemotherapy has become a major treatment for small cell lung cancer. Excessively aggressive treatment not only fails to prolong survival, but also reduces the patient's quality of life, aggravates the symptoms of patients with advanced lung cancer, and causes unbearable pain.

4. Biological therapy: Tumor biological therapy is the fourth treatment mode after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It has the potential to turn cancer into a manageable, chronic disease. Tumor biotherapy (autologous cell immunotherapy) combined with surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can effectively improve the effect of cancer treatment.

The above is the treatment method for advanced lung cancer. Through the expert’s introduction, I believe you have a certain understanding of the treatment of advanced lung cancer. Therefore, I hope that patients will choose a regular hospital for treatment. Finally, I wish patients a speedy recovery.