Can small cell lung cancer still be controlled after brain metastasis?

It is usually difficult to control brain metastasis of small cell lung cancer because it can cause severe symptoms, the disease progresses more rapidly, the treatment effect is relatively poor, and it can easily threaten the patient's life safety.

Small cell lung cancer lesions originate from the lungs. As the disease progresses to the later stages, it may metastasize to other organs, with brain metastasis, liver metastasis, bone metastasis, etc. being more common. Small cell lung cancer is more prone to brain metastasis, and some patients already have brain metastasis when first diagnosed. Brain metastasis can easily cause serious adverse effects on the central nervous system. As the brain metastasis lesions grow, they can cause symptoms such as dizziness and headaches. There may also be increased intracranial pressure, leading to severe vomiting. If abnormal discharges of the nervous system are caused, epileptic seizures may occur, causing whole-body convulsions, affecting the optic nerve and easily causing blurred vision, and in severe cases blindness. After metastasis, the disease progresses rapidly, the prognosis is poor, and the patient's survival period is severely shortened.

When small cell lung cancer metastasizes to the brain, timely treatment under the guidance of a doctor is required to improve the quality of life.