What are the key points in diagnosing small cell lung cancer

What are the key points in diagnosing small cell lung cancer? The correct diagnosis of small cell lung cancer is inseparable from some clinical examination methods. Generally speaking, patients need to undergo several examinations to confirm the diagnosis. Today, let's take a look at the key points in diagnosing small cell lung cancer:

First, the key points of lung cancer diagnosis can be observed through symptoms. Lung cancer is divided into central lung cancer and peripheral lung cancer. Most peripheral lung cancers do not have any early symptoms of lung cancer and can only be discovered through health examinations. However, there are still some symptoms in the early stage of central lung cancer, which can be discovered early if we pay attention to it.

For example, the coughing habit changes, or irritating dry cough, blood in sputum, and some people even start to dislike tobacco for no reason. For central lung cancer, attention should be paid to the change of cough and blood in sputum. It can be found that most peripheral lung cancers do not have any symptoms and need to be discovered through annual regular physical examinations.

Second, in life, people lack the concept of health check-ups. Many patients go to the hospital at an advanced stage when they have symptoms, and there are no obvious symptoms in the early stages.

Another thing is that for lung cancer, so far, the most important treatment for lung cancer is still comprehensive treatment with surgery as the main method. If patients in the advanced stage cannot undergo surgery or lose the opportunity for surgery, other treatment methods will have relatively little hope of curing the patients.

Thirdly, as long as you do not undergo fluoroscopy or radiography multiple times or for a long time in a short period of time, especially X-ray examinations during physical examinations, they are basically harmless to the human body and there is no need to be afraid.

Tumor marker examination, the main markers are NSE, CEA, SCC, CYFR21-1, etc., which lack specificity and have certain reference value for disease monitoring. Ultimately, it can be differentiated from other types of lung cancer through pathological examination.