How much does targeted treatment for lung cancer cost? What are the advantages of targeted treatment for lung cancer?

Many patients lose confidence when they hear that it is lung cancer. In order not to waste money, they do not receive treatment. For a disease like lung cancer, we should not avoid it and delay the treatment because of hiding the disease and avoiding medical treatment. Below, experts will introduce to you: How much is the cost of targeted treatment for lung cancer? What are the advantages of targeted treatment?

How much does targeted treatment for lung cancer cost? It is extremely terrible to be afraid of seeing a doctor. There is no definitive answer to the cost of targeted treatment for lung cancer in China. It is best to go to a regular hospital to consult a professional doctor. There are always various ways to treat lung cancer. Everyone should have the confidence to defeat the disease! Surgery is the first choice for treatment. All early patients without surgical contraindications should consider surgical resection. Squamous cell carcinoma has more opportunities for surgical resection, followed by adenocarcinoma. The surgical effect of small cell carcinoma is poor and it has not been listed as the first choice in recent years. Unfortunately, 80% of lung cancer patients are in the middle and late stages when they are discovered. They do not have the conditions for surgery and lose the chance of radical cure. This is one of the treatments for lung cancer. Chemotherapy is very important in the treatment of lung cancer, especially small cell lung cancer is very sensitive to chemotherapy, and chemotherapy plus radiotherapy can often achieve cure. Chemotherapy is slightly less effective for squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.

Targeted therapy has great advantages over traditional chemotherapy.

1. Individualized treatment becomes possible. For example, the efficacy of EGFR-TKI treatment for non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations is over 90%, so tissue EGFR testing can predict the efficacy of treatment.

2. Target specificity and mild toxicity and side effects. Unlike cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted drugs often act on abnormal mutation sites, have specific targets, and have little effect on normal tissue cells. Therefore, gastrointestinal reactions and hematological toxicity are mild and patients can easily tolerate them.

3. The treatment method is simple and easy. Currently, many targeted drugs are administered orally, with good patient compliance and tolerance. They can be administered in outpatient clinics and at home, and are easily accepted by patients.

4. Improve the quality of life. For patients with advanced tumors, cytotoxic drugs can prolong the survival of some patients, but the side effects are large, which makes patients afraid of treatment. Targeted drugs can usually quickly improve the symptoms of patients and have few side effects.

5. The combination of molecular targeted drugs and chemotherapy can improve the efficacy. For example, the combination of anti-angiogenic drugs and chemotherapy can significantly increase the effective rate without significantly increasing toxic side effects.