What are the treatments for lung cancer? The 4 best treatments for lung cancer

If you have early lung cancer, timely treatment, choosing the right treatment method, paying attention to recuperation and a good attitude, most of them can be cured. Surgery is the main way to treat early lung cancer. There are other methods, but none of them is as advanced as surgery. Other methods have defects and are not so safe. The following is an introduction to surgical treatment:

(1) 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 achieve clinical cure for lung cancer patients. 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, reasonable comprehensive treatment can be arranged after surgery, and the survival time of most patients can be extended. Patients with early lung cancer, such as early stage Ia lung cancer, can achieve clinical cure through surgery.

In surgical treatment, more and more lung cancer cases can be treated with minimally invasive treatment, that is, thoracoscopic or small incision methods without cutting muscles, which can also achieve the purpose of radical resection, greatly reduce the patient's postoperative pain, and also improve the patient's requirements for aesthetics.

(2) Chemotherapy: At present, chemotherapy for lung cancer in my country has been aligned with international standards. Based on the international standard drug use for lung cancer chemotherapy, my country has also formulated standard chemotherapy 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. In other words, even if the first-line chemotherapy fails, the patient can switch to the second-line chemotherapy regimen.

(3) Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is one of the commonly used methods for treating lung cancer. Among them, small cell lung cancer has the highest sensitivity to radiotherapy, followed by squamous cell lung carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma of the lung has the lowest sensitivity.

(4) Targeted therapy: Targeted therapy drugs such as Iressa and Tarceva, which are based on EGFR mutation detection, are particularly beneficial for patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma who cannot tolerate chemotherapy.

No matter what the disease is, timely treatment is the key. Just like lung cancer, if it is not controlled in the early stage, surgery in the late stage cannot guarantee that it can save lives. Radiotherapy is also one of the more commonly used technologies. Different people use different methods. It depends on the condition, your own physical fitness and other aspects. The doctor will give you the best advice.