How to detect lung cancer early? Do these four checks

There are many different reasons for the occurrence of lung cancer. In order to effectively determine whether you have lung cancer, you should focus on early detection. For example, you can choose chest X-rays, bronchoscopy, chest CT scans, or sputum cytology. These are relatively common and can effectively determine the condition.

For people with lung cancer, it may be caused by heavy smoking, which is a malignant tumor. The occurrence of this malignant tumor may also be caused by long-term exposure to occupational pollution, or frequent exposure to radioactive pollution, which will make the condition more serious. How to detect lung cancer early?
1. Chest X-ray <br/>When screening for lung cancer, you can actually choose to take a chest X-ray. With the rapid development of imaging technology, many people now choose to take X-rays, which can effectively detect lung cancer in the first place. When taking a chest X-ray, the sensitivity is about 80%, but it may be difficult to detect some symptoms in hidden parts because they are covered by the ribs.
2. Bronchoscopy <br/>Generally, when lung cancer first appears, there are also many symptoms. In order to effectively identify the symptoms, electronic bronchoscopy should be selected. In fact, some atypical hyperplasia can also be found during sputum cytology examination. In the process of selecting multiple examinations, the positive rate is about 70%, so in this case, obvious abnormal manifestations can also occur.
3. Chest CT examination <br/>In fact, when taking chest X-rays, there are some hidden lesions that may not be discovered. When taking images, it is naturally possible to determine whether there is lymph node metastasis. Ultimately, it can effectively determine whether the patient has lung cancer and understand what stage of development the lung cancer has entered.
4. Sputum cytology examination <br/>In the earliest stage, if lung cancer has already appeared in the lumen, then when taking an X-ray chest film, there may be no abnormal performance at all. However, if you can choose sputum cytology examination, you can naturally find cancer cells at the first time, which means that choosing sputum cytology examination can naturally find lesions faster. Of course, in order to have a better effect, it is recommended that the patient choose to take a deep breath and then extract the first sputum when waking up in the morning, so that it can effectively determine whether there is lung cancer.