What are the treatment principles for small cell lung cancer

Now more and more people are suffering from small cell lung cancer, which is a very common cancer. If you have cancer, you should pay more attention to your diet, medication, and daily life. From the name of small cell lung cancer, you should know that it is a lesion in the lungs. I believe that patients will feel very uncomfortable when they have a disease in the lungs. Let us understand the treatment principles of small cell lung cancer.

1. For cases where the primary cancer is still confined to the lungs and has not yet metastasized to distant sites, surgical treatment is the main treatment option. Postoperatively, other therapies may be used as a supplement based on the findings of pathological sections.

2. The scope of surgical resection should be determined according to the patient's specific circumstances, that is, all cancerous tissue must be removed while preserving lung function as much as possible.

3. For patients in the advanced stage whose disease has lost the chance of radical surgery, if the disease is before stage IIIb, we can still try to remove the tumor and clear the lymph nodes in the area, and good results are expected.

4. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is a method of locally killing cancer sources. Among all types of lung cancer, undifferentiated small cell carcinoma is the most sensitive, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma is even less sensitive. It is currently commonly used for patients with extensive lesions, distant metastasis, or poor systemic condition who are not suitable for surgical treatment to improve symptoms and prolong life. Radiotherapy can also be used in combination with surgical treatment. According to the location and range of the cancer source, preoperative radiotherapy can increase the surgical resection rate for cases with greater surgical difficulty. If undifferentiated small cell carcinoma is suitable for surgical resection, preoperative radiotherapy can improve the efficacy. There are different opinions on the effect of preoperative radiotherapy on the efficacy of other types of lung cancer, so it is not suitable for routine use.

5. Application of anticancer drugs: Among various types of lung cancer, undifferentiated small cell lung cancer is the most sensitive and has the best efficacy, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma has the lowest sensitivity. In recent years, several drugs that act on different cell cycles have been used in combination. Preoperative bronchial artery intubation with anticancer perfusion therapy can also reduce the cancer source and increase the resection rate.

6. Other Chinese and Western medicines can play an auxiliary therapeutic role.

After understanding the treatment principles of lung cancer, patients should have confidence in the treatment of the disease. Although lung cancer is not an easily cured disease, the treatment effects of many methods are relatively obvious. We must learn to prevent diseases in our lives to effectively avoid lung cancer and prevent the disease from endangering our health.