How should lung cancer be treated? Summary of 4 common treatment measures for lung cancer

Lung cancer seriously endangers our physical and mental health, threatens our life safety, and has a serious impact on our life and work. Whether lung cancer can be cured as quickly as possible depends largely on our understanding of lung cancer. Here are some methods for treating lung cancer:

Treatments for lung cancer include:

1. Pain relief and psychological treatment: Most patients with advanced lung cancer suffer from unbearable pain, and medication can relieve pain to a certain extent. Actively treat lung cancer symptomatically, while providing more care and adjustment to the patient's life and mental aspects, which is of great help to the treatment of the disease.

2. TCM meridian tumor inhibition therapy: TCM treatment of diseases mainly emphasizes the principle of syndrome differentiation and overall regulation. TCM meridian tumor inhibition therapy has unique advantages in reducing the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, increasing the body's tolerance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, improving the quality of life, and prolonging life. Therefore, it is best to carry out TCM treatment of lung cancer in a timely manner.

3. Chemotherapy: The survival time of lung cancer patients without chemotherapy is generally about five months, and few patients can survive for more than a year. The application of platinum-based regimens can effectively prolong the survival time of patients.

4. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy can relieve 70% of the symptoms of lung cancer patients. External radiotherapy with different doses and fractions can relieve local symptoms of primary or metastatic lesions.

When lung cancer patients achieve complete or partial remission after surgical resection, radiotherapy, or Chinese and Western medicine anti-cancer drug treatment, attention should be paid to promoting recovery.

After lung cancer surgery, patients should be prohibited from smoking to avoid promoting recurrence. Patients with reduced lung function should be guided to gradually increase their exercise. Always pay attention to symptoms such as fever, severe cough, blood in sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache, vision changes, liver pain, bone pain, supraclavicular lymphadenopathy, and liver enlargement.

Through the description above, I think everyone should have a preliminary understanding of how to treat lung cancer. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing the enemy means winning every battle. Only by fully understanding lung cancer can we treat it according to the actual situation and get rid of the torture of lung cancer in the shortest time.