How long can one live after developing lung cancer in the late stage? What are the contraindications for treating high fever due to lung cancer?

How long can you live with advanced lung cancer?

The incidence of lung cancer is increasing day by day, and the disease progresses quickly. The malignancy is high, so the mortality rate of lung cancer has remained high. When lung cancer reaches the late stage, many patients and their families are concerned about how long they can live in the late stage of lung cancer. So what factors are related to how long can patients with late stage lung cancer live?

1. How long can a patient with advanced lung cancer live depends on whether the treatment is timely.

Many patients feel panicked when they are diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, thinking that they will not live long. According to statistics, 15% of lung cancer patients can be treated with surgery. About 5% of patients cannot undergo surgery due to the location of the tumor or other factors, and more than 70% of lung cancer patients cannot undergo surgery due to late diagnosis.

2. How long you can live with advanced lung cancer is related to the malignancy of the tumor

How long you can live with advanced lung cancer is closely related to the malignancy of the cancer. Generally speaking, lung cancer is divided into non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer has a higher chance of recurrence and metastasis after surgical treatment. Data show that the five-year survival rate after surgery is: 44.5% for stage I, 36.1% for stage II, and less than 30% for stage IIIA. The earlier lung cancer is treated, the higher the patient's survival rate.

3. How long you can live with advanced lung cancer depends on whether the treatment is appropriate

How long patients with advanced lung cancer can live is also related to the treatment method. If surgery is performed in time, combined with biological therapy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and if there is no lymph node metastasis, the three-year survival rate is 65% and the five-year survival rate is 50%. However, if lymph node metastasis has occurred, the survival rate will drop by 15% to 30%.

According to research data, 65% of patients with advanced lung cancer die from excessive treatment, so it is very important to choose the correct and scientific treatment method. Clinically, it has been confirmed that conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine is relatively safe for advanced lung cancer.

What are the contraindications for the treatment of high fever in lung cancer?

Hyperthermia is mainly used in the treatment of lung cancer in conjunction with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Since it is difficult to form an effective therapeutic temperature throughout the tumor using hyperthermia alone, the temperature around the tumor is often lower and cannot reach the effective temperature to kill the tumor. Therefore, hyperthermia is generally not used alone to treat lung cancer.

1. Various types of primary and secondary lung cancer, tumor diameter > 1 to 2 cm

2. After non-radical lung cancer resection, the residual tumor diameter is > 1-2 cm

3. Patients with the above two types of lung cancer should receive thermal therapy during radiotherapy and chemotherapy

1. Poor general condition, abnormal cardiopulmonary function, and inability to tolerate elevated body temperature during hyperthermia

2. Body temperature above 38°C

3. After radical resection of lung cancer

4. Hyperthermia is not suitable for obese patients with subcutaneous fat thickness > 2-3 cm

During treatment, the temperature of the tumor and surrounding tissues should be measured. Currently, non-invasive temperature measurement technology cannot meet the requirements. If the tumor is not located near the heart, the hilum of the lung, or the large blood vessels in the mediastinum, invasive temperature measurement should be performed to directly measure the temperature inside the tumor. >42.5℃ is the best, but it should be

&45℃, so as to avoid damage to normal tissues caused by excessive temperature. Under current conditions, if invasive temperature measurement is performed every time heat treatment is performed, it will cause unnecessary damage. Usually, invasive temperature measurement is performed once during the first or second treatment to understand the best treatment conditions and refer to them for future treatments. In addition, whole body hyperthermia also has a good effect in the treatment of lung cancer.