Is it early to measure lung cancer with a circumference of 2-3 cm?

Is it early to treat lung cancer with a circumference of 2-3 cm?

Whether the peripheral lung cancer of 2-3cm is in the early stage is not fixed and needs to be comprehensively judged in combination with the patient's lymph node metastasis. It may also be in the middle or late stage.

1. Early stage: Since the surrounding lung cancer is 2-3 cm, it indicates that the local spread of lung cancer is relatively small. If there is no regional lymph node metastasis or distant organ metastasis, the clinical stage belongs to the early stage. Patients can be treated with radical surgery. For patients with surgical contraindications, radical radiotherapy can be used to achieve a cure.

2. Mid-stage: Some patients with peripheral lung cancer 2-3cm may have regional lymph node metastasis, so the patient's stage is not early stage, but mid-stage.

3. Late stage: In addition to lymphatic metastasis, the patient also has metastasis to distant organs, such as the abdominal cavity, bones, brain, etc. This is the late stage. Generally, surgical treatment is not used. Local treatment plans such as targeted, immune, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy are mainly used based on the patient's genetic testing, immune expression, etc.

For patients with peripheral lung cancer 2-3cm, timely and complete examinations, installment assessments, and different treatment strategies should be adopted.