What are the surgical treatments for lung cancer? 5 surgical treatments for lung cancer

For many malignant tumors, patients will choose surgical treatment to remove most of the cancer cells. This is also true for lung cancer patients. Because the lungs are invaded by cancer cells, only by choosing the appropriate treatment method can the health of the body be guaranteed. ① For peripheral lung cancer (including small cell lung cancer that was not diagnosed before surgery), surgery is performed first, and chemotherapy or radiotherapy is given later according to the results of pathological examination. ② For lung cancer with metastasis to local lymph nodes but no clear distant metastasis, preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy is given to strive for smooth surgery and maximum retention of healthy lung tissue, and then appropriate chemotherapy or radiotherapy is given. ③ For lung cancer with no distant metastasis but estimated to be difficult for radical surgery, preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy is given to strive for smooth radical surgery or intraoperative radiotherapy, and chemotherapy or radiotherapy is given after surgery according to the results of pathological examination. ④ For those who cannot undergo surgical treatment in the later stage, radiotherapy is usually performed first and then chemotherapy, or chemotherapy and radiotherapy are performed at the same time to play a synergistic role, but chemotherapy and radiotherapy have greater side effects at the same time, and Chinese medicine should be used at the same time to reduce toxic side effects and improve efficacy, and immunotherapy can be appropriately added to promote recovery. ⑤ Combine biological therapy with other treatments. Biological therapy is a relatively new therapy that has emerged in the past 10 years. For example, colony stimulating factor can appropriately increase the chemotherapy dose to improve the efficacy. Daily intrapleural injection of small doses of interleukin-2 is conducive to the conversion of cancer cells in postoperative cancerous pleural effusion to negative. For many patients with early lung cancer, the success rate of surgical removal of cancer cells is very high, but as the disease continues to worsen until the late stage of lung cancer, the success rate is also decreasing with the further expansion of cancer cells. Therefore, it is still hoped that patients can be treated in the early stages of the disease.