What methods can treat lung cancer? 4 most effective treatments for lung cancer

There are many patients with lung cancer. Nowadays, lung cancer has become a common disease in our lives. The mortality rate of this disease cannot be ignored. In fact, there are many ways to treat lung cancer. As long as the patient can actively undergo treatment, it can effectively prolong life. So patients should rest assured to receive treatment.

1. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is one of the commonly used methods for treating lung cancer. However, the effect of radiotherapy varies with the histological type of lung cancer. Among them, small cell lung cancer has the best sensitivity to radiotherapy, followed by squamous cell lung cancer, and adenocarcinoma of the lung is the worst.

2. 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 clinically cure lung cancer patients so far. 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, comprehensive treatment can be reasonably arranged after surgery, and most patients can prolong their survival. Patients with early lung cancer, such as early stage Ia lung cancer, can achieve clinical cure through surgery.

3. Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is also a method of treating lung cancer. At present, chemotherapy for lung cancer in my country has been aligned with international standards. Based on the international standard drug use for chemotherapy for lung cancer, my country has also formulated chemotherapy standard 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, which means that even if the first-line chemotherapy fails, the patient can switch to the second-line chemotherapy regimen.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment can be carried out throughout the entire process of treating early lung cancer. A large amount of clinical data has confirmed that traditional Chinese medicine has significant effect in treating early lung cancer, with few side effects and a wide range of indications. It can not only make up for the shortcomings of Western medicine treatment, but also start from the overall perspective, treat the disease based on syndrome differentiation, inhibit the growth and proliferation of cancer cells, and control the symptoms of spread and metastasis. Combined use with other therapies can also improve efficacy and prolong the patient's effective survival period.

Although lung cancer is a malignant tumor, it is not an incurable disease. With the development of medical technology, there are more and more ways to treat the disease. In the process of treating the disease, patients should also adjust their mentality and not face the disease negatively, so that they can control the disease faster.