How to relieve pain in advanced lung cancer?

In order to relieve pain in the late stage of lung cancer, oral analgesics are generally used, and different analgesics are often selected according to the severity of the pain. Methods for relieving pain in late stage lung cancer include: treatment of the primary disease, symptomatic treatment, general treatment, etc. Late stage lung cancer can metastasize to the liver, bone, brain, etc., which can cause severe pain.

Which type of lung cancer is easier to treat?

Non-small cell lung cancer is more effective in treatment than small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer is highly malignant, poorly differentiated, and can metastasize to distant sites through the blood and lymph nodes at an early stage. It is sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but has a poor prognosis. Among the four types, small cell carcinoma is the most malignant and can metastasize to distant sites through the blood or lymph nodes very early, and has the worst prognosis. Malignant lung cancer tumors can be classified into central malignant lung cancer tumors and peripheral malignant lung cancer tumors. Central malignant lung cancer tumors are mostly around the trachea and bronchi, and most of them cannot be cured by surgery. Peripheral malignant lung cancer tumors are treated with surgery if surgery is possible.

The difference between radiotherapy and chemotherapy for lung cancer

With the continuous development of industry, the frequency of lung cancer is getting higher and higher. Lung cancer patients generally undergo radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery. Surgery can only remove tumor cells visible to the naked eye. For those that cannot be seen, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can only be performed. The difference between the two is that the treatment methods used are different. Radiotherapy is radiotherapy, and tumor cells are treated with different rays. Chemotherapy is the injection and oral administration of chemotherapy drugs into the patient's body to achieve the purpose of killing tumor cells. During treatment, some drugs have a killing effect on tumor cells, that is, radiotherapy still has a therapeutic effect when drug resistance is produced. The combination of the two is conducive to the comprehensiveness of treatment, and the impact on the whole body can be relatively reduced to a relatively reasonable range. Lung cancer can be treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but you must follow the doctor's advice. Generally speaking, radiotherapy uses radioactive substances to destroy cancer cells.