How can small cell lung cancer be cured

How can small cell lung cancer be cured? There are many types of treatments for this disease, but it is troublesome to cure it thoroughly, so any disease should be treated in the early stages of the disease. Let's learn about how to cure small cell lung cancer!

The treatment of small cell lung cancer is mainly chemotherapy, which can be combined or sequentially with radiotherapy. For less than 5% of early-stage patients limited to the lung parenchyma, surgical treatment is considered. Limited-stage SCLC is mainly treated with synchronous chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy and radiotherapy sequentially. Synchronous chemoradiotherapy is better than sequential treatment. Synchronous chemoradiotherapy should be performed as early as possible, and preventive whole-brain radiotherapy should be given. Preventive whole-brain radiotherapy has significant benefits for survival. Extensive-stage SCLC is mainly treated with chemotherapy, and local or metastatic lesions are treated at an elective time.

Surgery

Patients with TNM stage T1-2N0M0 confirmed by mediastinoscopy or surgical staging can undergo surgical resection. Even patients who achieve complete resection still need chemotherapy after surgery.

Prevention of small cell lung cancer is better than treatment, and it is mainly divided into three levels of prevention. The first level of prevention is for healthy people, mainly including not smoking and staying away from secondhand smoke pollution. Try to avoid outdoor air pollution and kitchen fumes. Choose environmentally friendly decoration materials. Balanced nutrition, eat more grains, vegetables and fruits. Maintain an optimistic and positive attitude towards life and improve psychological adaptability. The second level of prevention is early diagnosis and early treatment for high-risk groups, mainly for long-term smokers over 40 years old, smokers for more than 20 years, smokers under 20 years old who start smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day, those who are often exposed to coal smoke, coal tar and oil smoke, those who are exposed to excessive radiation (miners, etc.), those with chronic cough, blood in sputum and those with a family history of lung cancer. It is best for high-risk groups to have regular comprehensive physical examinations every year, and CT examinations if conditions permit. If symptoms such as irritating cough, bloody sputum and hemoptysis occur, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time. The third level of prevention is rehabilitation prevention. Lung cancer patients should follow the doctor's advice and go to the hospital for follow-up examinations on schedule.