What are the treatments for lung cancer? The most effective treatments for lung cancer

The treatment of lung cancer needs to be based on the patient's specific condition. This mainly means that the treatment methods at different stages will also be different. For example, mid-stage lung cancer is not suitable for surgical treatment under special circumstances. The following is a summary of the treatment methods for lung cancer:

Early stage lung cancer: If the lung cancer is relatively localized, the lung function is normal, and the lung sclerosis is not severe, surgical resection is the first choice. If the lung function is abnormal, traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine can be used to protect the lungs first, and surgery can be considered after the lung function recovers.

After surgical resection, if there is residual cancer at the resection margin, postoperative radiotherapy or intra-arterial chemotherapy should be considered. For patients with intravascular cancer thrombi, postoperative Chinese medicine treatment and immunotherapy can be used. Pulmonary artery chemotherapy and systemic chemotherapy can also be considered. If the postoperative resection margin is negative for residual cancer and no cancer thrombi are found in the portal vein, postoperative Chinese medicine or biological therapy can be used to improve long-term efficacy.

Mid-stage lung cancer: For mid-stage lung cancer with normal lung function, we strive for radical resection. If it is estimated that it cannot be removed before surgery, we can also perform pulmonary artery embolization, local radiotherapy, biological therapy or traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and strive for surgical resection after the tumor shrinks.

For patients who are difficult to operate on or cannot undergo surgery, have normal lung function, and have mild pulmonary sclerosis, such as localized lung cancer with a size of about 8-10 cm, radiotherapy can be used. During radiotherapy, Chinese medicine can be taken at the same time. For patients with localized lung cancer tumors with a size of more than 13 cm, interventional treatment can be considered first, with intra-arterial injection of chemotherapy drugs or embolization, and then radiotherapy after the lung cancer shrinks. Traditional Chinese medicine can also be used for treatment. Since interventional treatment is effective for a short time and has a low long-term efficacy, after interventional treatment, if the lung cancer shrinks, it should be combined with surgical resection or radiotherapy to improve the long-term efficacy.

Lung transplantation is suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer: In the close follow-up of patients with primary lung cancer and non-lung cancer who underwent lung transplantation, from the perspective of the safety of transplantation surgery, although the condition of patients with advanced lung cancer deteriorates rapidly, it is not equivalent to lung failure. In addition, because the coagulation function of patients in the lung cancer group is significantly better than that in the non-lung cancer group, the intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion volume and total infusion volume are all less, the hypotension time caused by bleeding is short, the intraoperative process is smooth, and the postoperative recovery is significantly better than that of the non-lung cancer group. The perioperative mortality rate is also lower.

In the process of treating lung cancer, it is very important to use traditional Chinese medicine to improve physical fitness, lung immunity, and function. However, if it is late-stage lung cancer, although this method is still very good, the effect is not obvious, so timely treatment of malignant tumors is critical.