Is it possible to cure lung cancer?

In recent years, lung cancer has become the main killer of our health, bringing serious impact on our life, work and family happiness. Below, I will give a detailed introduction to the relevant knowledge about lung cancer. Everyone should read it carefully, which will be very helpful for your health.

It is reported that Japan has the highest early detection rate of lung cancer in the world. It uses low-dose spiral CT to screen lung cancer, and the proportion of early patients is as high as 60%. Experts believe that if this examination can be used as a screening method for lung cancer, it will greatly improve the early detection rate of lung cancer. If the lung tumor is less than 2 cm (preferably less than 1 cm), it can generally be cured.

In recent years, experts have noticed a grim fact: more and more non-smokers are suffering from lung cancer, especially female patients. Coincident with this fact, the types of lung cancer have also changed significantly. The incidence of squamous cell lung cancer (occurring in large airway epithelial cells), which is closely related to smoking, has decreased. Secondhand smoke may be an important factor in non-smoking women suffering from lung cancer. In addition, smoking, exposure to automobile exhaust, exposure to air pollution, and exposure to carcinogens such as radon gas, asbestos, and talcum powder will increase the chance of developing lung cancer.

Experts say that the key to lung cancer prevention is early detection. Decades of research have shown that very early lung cancer may not have any symptoms, so for early detection, it is best to choose low-dose spiral CT, which has a high resolution that cannot be matched by chest X-rays and chest films, and can detect 4 mm lung cancer lesions.