How to treat middle and late stage lung cancer? 3 treatment methods for middle and late stage lung cancer

Lung cancer is a serious malignant tumor. Once people suffer from this disease, they need to receive comprehensive anti-cancer treatment. This disease is difficult to detect in the early stages and is usually discovered in the middle or late stages. So let’s take a look at the treatment methods for middle or late stage lung cancer.

1. Surgery: Traditionally, surgery is the first choice for radical treatment of lung cancer. For non-small cell lung cancer, except for some stage IIIB and IV, surgery should be the main treatment or strive for surgery. Even for locally advanced lung cancer, other treatments can be used to shrink the cancer lesions first, and then surgical resection can be strived for.

2. Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy is one of the main methods of traditional lung cancer treatment. It can be used alone or as an important measure of comprehensive treatment. However, due to the large side effects of cancer chemotherapy, it often causes many toxic and side effects such as bone marrow suppression, decreased immune function, gastrointestinal disorders, etc., which can lead to adverse reactions such as decreased appetite, nausea, hair loss, vomiting, and reduced food intake. More seriously, it can damage the patient's liver, kidneys and other major organs.

3. Radiotherapy: The side effects of radiotherapy are relatively mild compared to chemotherapy, and radiation pneumonia is common.

Once lung cancer reaches the middle and late stages, it will be very serious. The main treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc. I believe that with the continuous advancement of medicine, there are more and more treatments for this disease. Eventually one day, patients will be able to recover their health after treatment and stay away from the troubles of these diseases.