What to do after lung cancer metastasizes to the brain? There are several treatments

After lung cancer metastasizes to the brain, if it is a single case, then surgery can be used for treatment; if it is multiple and cannot be treated surgically, systemic treatment can be used to alleviate the condition. In addition, targeted drug therapy, local radiotherapy, gamma knife therapy, brain radiotherapy, etc. can also be performed.

In real life, lung cancer is a relatively common disease, which brings serious harm to the patient's health and is also very detrimental to improving the quality of life. It is necessary to treat it early while the condition is not serious. So, what if lung cancer metastasizes to the brain? Let's find out below!
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the chest. If the patient's condition is serious and the cancer cells cannot be effectively controlled, there may be serious consequences such as brain metastasis, which will pose a serious threat to the patient's health.
If lung cancer induces brain metastasis, it is recommended that patients use some examination methods to check the specific conditions of brain metastasis lesions to see whether they are single or multiple.
If it is a single lesion, then surgery can be considered to prolong the patient's life. However, if it is multiple lesions, then there is no way to receive surgery and systemic treatment is necessary. The main treatment method is chemotherapy for the patient's primary lung cancer lesion. In addition, there are targeted drug treatments, or local radiotherapy, etc.
In addition, if the patient has brain metastases, he or she can receive gamma knife treatment or brain radiotherapy to control the progression of the disease.
In addition, the presence of brain metastases often induces some adverse symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, such as nausea and vomiting, dizziness and headache, etc. At this time, some drug treatment is also needed. The drug needed is usually mannitol, which can effectively reduce the patient's intracranial hypertension, thereby effectively alleviating the adverse symptoms induced by intracranial hypertension.
Generally speaking, among the many types of lung cancer, there are usually small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer is often the most likely to cause brain metastasis in the early stages of the disease.