What is the treatment plan for mid-to-late stage lung cancer? The three major medical treatments for mid-to-late stage lung cancer

The body is the capital of revolution, so if you want to do something big, you must have a healthy body first. The emergence of lung cancer has brought life troubles to many patients. The mid-term treatment of lung cancer is still relatively easy. So what is the treatment plan for mid-to-late stage lung cancer?

There is currently more than one treatment option for lung cancer in the middle and late stages of the disease, mainly:

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. The biggest disadvantage of surgical treatment is that it may leave residual lesions, which can easily cause cancer cell recurrence and metastasis.

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, complications and sequelae, thus causing great harm to the majority of lung cancer patients.

3. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy has great side effects, which can cause the patient's physical weakness, bone marrow suppression, decreased immune function, gastrointestinal disorders, etc., and then cause adverse reactions such as decreased appetite, nausea, hair loss, vomiting, and reduced food intake. More seriously, it can damage the patient's liver and kidneys and other major organs.