How long can you live with mid-stage lung cancer

How long can you live with mid-stage lung cancer? We all know that lung cancer is not easy to be detected in the early stages. Once detected, it is often in the mid-to-late stages. Therefore, many patients are worried about how long they can live with mid-to-late stages of lung cancer. In fact, how long you can live with mid-to-late stages of lung cancer is inseparable from many factors. The following editor will analyze for you what factors are related to how long you can live with mid-to-late stages of lung cancer.

How long patients with advanced lung cancer can live depends on their condition:

1. There is a superior vena cava on the right side of the mediastinum. It transports venous blood from the upper limbs, head and neck back to the heart. If the tumor invades the right side of the mediastinum and compresses the superior vena cava, it will initially cause the jugular vein to swell due to poor blood flow, and eventually lead to edema of the face and neck, which needs to be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner;

2. Invasion of the pleura. It can cause pleural effusion, which is often bloody. Large amounts of effusion can cause shortness of breath. In addition, invasion of the pleura and chest wall by the cancer can cause persistent and severe chest pain.

How long can you live with advanced lung cancer?

3. Upper lobe of the lung. It can invade and compress the organs and tissues located at the upper opening of the thorax, such as the first rib, subclavian artery and vein, brachial plexus, cervical sympathetic nerves, etc., causing severe chest pain, upper limb venous distension, edema, arm pain and upper limb movement disorders, ptosis of the upper eyelid on the same side, pupil constriction, enophthalmos, facial anhidrosis and other cervical sympathetic nerve syndromes.

How long you can live with advanced lung cancer is inseparable from the treatment method:

1. Chemotherapy

How long can patients with lung cancer live in the middle and late stages? This issue plays an important role in the treatment of lung cancer. According to current views, whether in the early or late stages, whether surgery or radiotherapy, chemotherapy must be combined to improve the survival rate.

2. Surgical treatment

For early-stage lung cancer, radical lobectomy should be performed as much as possible. While completely removing the primary cancer lesions and clearing the hilar lymph nodes, healthy lung tissue should be preserved as much as possible to achieve the goal of survival. For patients with more advanced lung cancer, we should strive to surgically remove the primary tumor and the metastatic lymph nodes as much as possible, and at the same time assist with radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other treatments.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

At present, the traditional Chinese medicine treatment for lung cancer is not ideal. It is suitable for advanced patients who cannot undergo surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. It can relieve symptoms, reduce pain, and improve the quality of life. It is also widely used in clinical practice.

IV. Interventional Therapy

Interventional treatment of lung cancer has many advantages. As for mid-to-late stage lung cancer, whether to choose interventional treatment depends on the condition of the disease.

How long can a patient with lung cancer live? In addition to the patient's condition and treatment method, patient care is also an important aspect that affects how long a patient with lung cancer can live. In addition, it also has a great relationship with the mentality of lung cancer patients. Therefore, patients should receive treatment as soon as possible and maintain a good mentality, and not always worry about how long they can live with lung cancer.