What are the commonly used drugs for small cell lung cancer

Do you know the commonly used drugs for small cell lung cancer? For this disease, many people want to choose drug treatment, thinking that drug treatment is much better than hospitalization, but they don’t know which drugs are more effective. Let’s learn about the commonly used drugs for small cell lung cancer!

It is generally believed that small cell lung cancer originates from Kulchitsky cells (argentophilic cells) in the bronchial mucosa or glandular epithelium and belongs to APUD (amine precursor uptake decarboxylation) tumor. Some people also believe that it originates from stem cells in the bronchial mucosal epithelium that can differentiate into neuroendocrine. Small cell lung cancer is the least differentiated and most malignant type of lung cancer. It often occurs in the central part of the lung, grows rapidly, and metastasizes early. Under a light microscope, the cancer cells are small and short spindle-shaped or lymphocyte-like, with little cytoplasm and a naked nucleus.

Small cell lung cancer accounts for about 20% of lung cancer. The disease has a high degree of deterioration and a high initial remission rate, so early treatment is the key. TCM treatment of small cell lung cancer is mainly based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and often uses some single prescriptions and proven prescriptions. The following is an explanation of the Chinese medicine formula for the treatment of small cell lung cancer:

1. Yizhijianfang prescription: 4.5g of Bletilla striata, 3g each of Radix Trichosanthis, Angelica dahurica, and Sophora japonica, 5g of Flos Lonicerae, 3g each of Olibanum, Pinellia ternata, and Fritillaria cirrhosa, 4g of Scabra scabra, 4g of Angelica sinensis, and 1.5g of Licorice. Functions and indications: Activate blood circulation and detoxify, resolve phlegm and disperse stagnation. Treat all kinds of unexplained swellings and toxins, detoxify, reduce swelling, and relieve pain. Commonly used in the treatment of lung cancer, breast cancer, and other cancers. How to take: Grind into fine powder, add two slices of ginger, decoct in water to remove the residue, add a small cup of yellow wine, and take twice.

2. Di Tan Fang Prescription: 8g each of Pinellia ternata and Arisaema cinerea, 6g each of Dang Hong, Poria cocos and Citrus aurantium, 3g each of Ginseng and Acorus calamus, 2g of Bamboo Shavings and 1.5g of Licorice. Functions and Indications: Clearing phlegm and opening the orifices, regulating qi and regulating the middle. It is used for stubborn phlegm, phlegm syncope, dizziness, chest and abdominal distension and phlegm syncope due to stroke. It can also be used for tumor patients with phlegm syndrome. Directions: Add ginger and jujube, decoct in water and take in divided doses.

3. Xihuang Pills Recipe: 1.5g of bezoar, 4.5g of musk, 30g each of frankincense and myrrh. Preparation method: Grind into very fine powder, use 30g of yellow rice, mash into pills, and dry in the sun. Functions and indications: Remove blood stasis and resolve nodules, detoxify and reduce swelling. Indications: Breast cancer, scrofula, phlegm nodules, lung cancer, etc. How to take: Take 3-6g each time, with aged wine, two to three times a day.