How to treat lung cancer effectively? 4 most effective methods to treat lung cancer

The most ideal treatment for lung cancer is surgical resection, but it does not mean that all lung cancers can be treated with surgical resection. Specifically, patients in the early stages of the disease are the best time for surgical resection, and other times will be more difficult. The following is a specific introduction to the treatment methods for lung cancer:

(1) Surgical treatment: Surgery is the first choice for radical treatment of lung cancer. For non-small cell lung cancer, except for some stage IIIb and IV, surgical treatment should be the main treatment or strive for surgical treatment. Radical resection is the only treatment method that can achieve clinical cure for lung cancer patients. Even for locally advanced lung cancer, other treatment methods can be used to shrink the cancer lesions first, and then surgical resection can be strived for. If the lesion is small, reasonable comprehensive treatment can be arranged after surgery, and the survival time of most patients can be extended. Patients with early lung cancer, such as early stage Ia lung cancer, can achieve clinical cure through surgery.

In surgical treatment, more and more lung cancer cases can be treated with minimally invasive treatment, that is, thoracoscopic or small incision methods without cutting muscles, which can also achieve the purpose of radical resection, greatly reduce the patient's postoperative pain, and also increase the patient's requirements for beauty.

(2) Chemotherapy: At present, chemotherapy for lung cancer in my country has been aligned with international standards. Based on the international standard drug use for lung cancer chemotherapy, my country has also formulated standard chemotherapy guidelines for small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Lung cancer chemotherapy is divided into first-line chemotherapy and second-line chemotherapy. In other words, even if the first-line chemotherapy fails, the patient can switch to the second-line chemotherapy regimen.

(3) Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is one of the commonly used methods for treating lung cancer. Among them, small cell lung cancer has the highest sensitivity to radiotherapy, followed by squamous cell lung carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma of the lung has the lowest sensitivity.

(4) Targeted therapy: Targeted therapy drugs such as Iressa and Tarceva, which are based on EGFR mutation detection, are particularly beneficial for middle-aged and elderly patients with advanced lung cancer who cannot tolerate chemotherapy.

Apart from surgical resection of lung cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the most common methods. For patients in the late stage, the most common treatment measure is chemotherapy. The principle of treatment is palliative care, to prolong the patient's life and improve the quality of life.