How to treat lung cancer in the late stage? Symptoms and treatment methods of lung cancer in the late stage

Lung cancer is a common malignant tumor of the lungs. The patient may not have obvious symptoms in the early stages, which may lead to the disease being diagnosed in the late stages. Understanding the symptoms of advanced lung cancer will help us to carry out effective treatment. The following introduces the symptoms of advanced lung cancer and its scientific treatment methods.

Symptoms of advanced lung cancer

1. Hoarseness is one of the common symptoms of advanced lung cancer, mainly due to cancer cells invading or compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve. The recurrent laryngeal nerve mainly controls the left side of the vocal organs, passes through the chest and bypasses the large blood vessels of the heart to return to the larynx, and is easily compressed by the cancer. However, hoarseness in advanced lung cancer is accompanied by no other symptoms such as sore throat and upper respiratory tract infection.

2. Shortness of breath and pleural effusion are also common symptoms of advanced lung cancer. Almost all patients with regionally spread lung cancer have shortness of breath to varying degrees. Normal tissue fluid produced by the lungs and myocardium is returned by the lymph nodes in the middle of the chest. If these lymph nodes are blocked by tumors, these tissue fluids will accumulate in the pericardium to form pericardial effusion or accumulate in the chest cavity to form pleural effusion.

3. Lung cancer patients in the advanced stage are very likely to experience facial and neck edema. There is a superior vena cava on the right side of the mediastinum, which transports venous blood from the upper limbs and head and neck back to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, the jugular vein will initially become distended due to poor blood flow, and eventually lead to facial and neck edema.

4. Pleural effusion in advanced lung cancer: With the development of the cancer, the tumor gradually grows larger, invading the chest wall tissue and compressing the lung and visceral pleura, affecting the reabsorption of fluid and protein, and accumulating fluid in the pleural cavity to form pleural effusion.

5. Symptoms of advanced lung cancer metastasis: Symptoms of advanced lung cancer metastasis are mainly pain, and the location of pain varies with different parts of the metastasis. Ascites is mainly caused by liver metastasis, which will aggravate the condition and affect survival. If the lesion metastasizes to the brain, it may cause persistent headaches and blurred vision. Continuing development may lead to confusion and even epilepsy.

Treatment of advanced lung cancer

1. Combination of biological immunotherapy and radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is an important means of treating lung cancer. It can produce good results for lung cancer patients, but it can also damage normal cells, leading to many side effects such as decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Biological immunotherapy can reduce or prevent damage to normal cells and has a certain synergistic effect on radiotherapy. Combining biological immunotherapy with radiotherapy for treatment can effectively eliminate these toxic side effects and increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation, thereby completely eliminating cancer cells and prolonging the patient's survival. (What is the best treatment for advanced lung cancer in Nanjing?)

2. Combination of biological immunotherapy and chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is one of the current means of treating lung cancer. During chemotherapy, special drugs can destroy tumor cells, but during treatment, patients generally have obvious side effects such as nausea and vomiting. A large number of clinical practices have shown that a large amount of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for patients with advanced lung cancer can only make the patient's weak life more critical. Biological immunotherapy makes up for the drawbacks of chemotherapy. Biological immunotherapy can reduce and improve the side effects of chemotherapy and has a significant effect on the treatment of lung cancer.

Advanced lung cancer is difficult to cure, but if left untreated it will quickly endanger life, so we must trust medicine, receive treatment in a timely manner, and stay away from illness as soon as possible!