How to check for early lung cancer? These methods are very good for treating early lung cancer

Lung cancer has a series of early symptoms, such as common respiratory symptoms, cough, sputum or blood in sputum. Generally, people over 40 years old have a history of chronic cough, and the nature of the cough will change, such as an increase in the number of coughs, blood in sputum, etc. Therefore, patients who understand the symptoms can diagnose the disease through symptom analysis, but other detection methods should be judged based on multiple aspects.

The early symptoms of lung cancer are cough, mainly irritating cough, generally characterized by paroxysmal irritation and cough. It is characterized by cough and unclean feeling, generally no sputum or only a few white foamy sputum, secondary infection may cause sputum. If there is no improvement after 2 weeks of anti-inflammatory treatment, you should be alert to the possibility of lung cancer. Let's learn about how to detect early lung cancer?

First, most early lung cancers are discovered through physical examinations, especially chest CT. Therefore, it is recommended for healthy people over 50 years old or people with a long history of smoking and a family history of lung cancer. During the physical examination, it is recommended to use low-dose chest CT for physical examination, which is conducive to the diagnosis of the disease. Of course, if there is a persistent cough and blood in the sputum, such patients should undergo a low-dose chest CT examination in time.

Second, early lung cancer does not cause physical discomfort, and most cases are discovered through physical examinations. It is recommended that people with high-risk factors undergo physical examinations, such as healthy people over 50 years old, long-term smoking history, family history of lung cancer, etc., and low-dose chest spiral CT is recommended for physical examinations. If there are corresponding clinical manifestations of early lung cancer, such as cough, blood in sputum, fatigue, low fever, intermittent chest pain, etc., a low-dose chest CT examination should be performed in time to help eliminate lung cancer.

Third, after early lung cancer is diagnosed, non-small cell lung cancer advocates complete curative surgery, which can be treated through thoracotomy, thoracoscopy or robot-assisted treatment, with the advantages of small wounds and fast recovery. If surgery cannot be tolerated or rejected, stereotactic radiotherapy or complete curative synchronous chemoradiotherapy is advocated. In recent years, the development of radiotherapy equipment has also been very active, the effect of chemotherapy can be greatly improved, and adjuvant drugs can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. If it is small cell lung cancer, it is advocated to perform complete curative surgery plus chemoradiotherapy at level I, so that the cure rate can be greatly improved.

Early stage lung cancer is recommended to go to the hospital for timely treatment. The doctor will do a series of examinations, such as imaging examinations. If a clear mass shadow is found in the imaging, further examinations will be conducted based on the shadow, such as sputum cytology examinations, and even pathological punctures. But in most cases, this does not mean that a series of such examinations are needed. A comprehensive judgment is needed to be more conducive to the diagnosis of the disease.