What is minimally invasive treatment for lung cancer? Is it a treatment method?

Lung cancer can be treated with surgery, chemotherapy and other methods. In addition to surgical resection, minimally invasive treatment is also available. Minimally invasive surgery mainly includes thoracoscopic resection, minimally invasive interventional treatment and radiofrequency ablation. Its main features are small trauma, less bleeding and less pain.

Lung cancer is a common disease in life. It is also a malignant tumor with a high incidence rate in my country in recent years, and it is also a disease with a very high mortality rate. For this disease, it is best to detect and treat it early to reduce the risk of death. The treatment of lung cancer generally includes surgical treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy and other methods. With the development of medicine, there are also minimally invasive treatments for this disease. So what is minimally invasive treatment for lung cancer?
Minimally invasive treatment is a commonly used surgical treatment method in medicine. Its characteristics are that the trauma caused during the operation is relatively small, the amount of bleeding is small, the pain is mild, and the recovery is relatively fast. There are also many types of minimally invasive treatments for lung cancer, including: minimally invasive thoracoscopic resection, minimally invasive interventional treatment, and radiofrequency ablation.
Lung cancer is a common and dangerous disease. Minimally invasive thoracoscopic resection is mainly used for early-stage lung cancer patients, especially those with poor lung function, old age, poor physical condition, and inability to tolerate thoracotomy. For lung metastases, thoracoscopic resection of single or multiple metastases with a diameter of less than 3 cm can also be performed. This minimally invasive method is also suitable for patients with malignant pleural effusion. Pleural resection through the thorax can reduce the production of pleural effusion, thereby controlling pleural effusion.
The minimally invasive treatment of lung cancer is mainly suitable for patients with large tumors, many blood vessels around the tumor, unclear trachea boundaries, and who cannot undergo surgical resection or cannot tolerate open-chest surgery. Interventional treatment of lung cancer is still relatively rare at present, because lung cancer tumors have a rich blood supply, and the effect of interventional treatment is generally not very ideal, so it is relatively rare.
Radiofrequency ablation for lung cancer is also a type of minimally invasive surgery. Radiofrequency ablation is mainly suitable for patients with primary lung cancer and lung metastasis whose tumors are less than two centimeters in diameter and located in the peripheral zone outside the lungs close to the chest wall. Its treatment effect is also good. Of course, for patients with lung cancer, the choice of surgery depends mainly on the doctor's examination based on the patient's specific situation.