What should you pay attention to when treating lung cancer? Remember these 3 misunderstandings before treating lung cancer

The lung is an important part of the respiratory system and an indispensable and replaceable organ for everyone. Especially when a disease occurs, timely treatment is needed. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the hospital for regular physical examinations and pay attention to the condition of the body. Once an abnormality occurs, treatment can be given in advance.

The incidence of lung cancer is increasing year by year in my country, and its malignancy is relatively high. Studies have shown that smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers. Therefore, once lung cancer is suspected, it is necessary to seek treatment in time. In fact, before treatment, we should keep in mind the "4 misunderstandings". What are these four misunderstandings?

1. If the biopsy moves, the tumor will spread faster

Many patients who suspect they have lung cancer and need a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis will ask their doctors whether they can avoid a biopsy, because they presumptuously believe that if the biopsy needle enters the tumor, it will spread. In fact, biopsy puncture is an important basis for pathological diagnosis, so it is a necessary means to diagnose cancer, and there is no evidence that "moving the tumor will accelerate the spread of the tumor."

2. Lung cancer should not be told to patients

Many people will conceal the fact that their loved ones have cancer from the patient, mainly because they are afraid of adding to the patient's mental burden. However, it has been confirmed by medical clinics that the first month after a person learns that he or she has cancer is the saddest, but after a month, he or she will accept the condition and actively cooperate with the treatment. If the patient is concealed, he or she will figure it out on his or her own, and once he or she finds out that he or she has been deceived, he or she will be unwilling to cooperate, thus delaying treatment.

3. Unwilling to undergo surgery or chemotherapy

Many patients hope to avoid surgery and chemotherapy. Many people believe that chemotherapy will kill normal cells while killing tumor cells. In fact, this perception is wrong, because chemotherapy only targets cells that grow faster, such as tumors. The reason for not wanting to undergo surgery is that patients have such an idea, that is, "try not to have surgery if possible." In fact, only patients with early lung cancer will choose this method, and their prognosis is better, but patients with advanced lung cancer generally do not choose surgery.

Although the family members concealed the facts with good intentions in order to reduce the mental burden of the patient, they should be careful that good intentions do not turn into bad things. Letting the patient face the disease as early as possible and actively cooperating with the doctor's treatment will improve the survival rate in the later stage, because the correct treatment method can achieve better treatment results.