How to treat early stage lung cancer

How to treat early stage lung cancer?

Lung cancer can be treated in its early stages through radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, etc. Early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer can control the disease and improve symptoms as soon as possible.

1. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy has the best effect on small cell lung cancer, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma is the worst. The radiation field of lung cancer radiotherapy should include the primary lesion and the mediastinum of lymph node metastasis. The combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used for synchronous radiotherapy or alternating radiotherapy according to the patient's condition. According to the different treatment purposes, it can be divided into radical treatment, palliative treatment, preoperative neoadjuvant radiotherapy, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and intracavitary radiotherapy.

2. Chemotherapy: Early lung cancer tumors are usually located at the primary site of the lesion. At this time, under the guidance of a doctor, chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin injection, paclitaxel injection, and carboplatin injection can be used for treatment. The drugs can directly reach the lesions, and their drug components can inhibit and kill cancer cells.

3. Surgical method: Early lung cancer can also be treated through lung resection and lung wedge resection under the guidance of a doctor. After surgical treatment, lung tumors can be removed and play a therapeutic role.

In addition to the common methods mentioned above, early stage lung cancer can also be treated with molecular targeted therapy, which can selectively inhibit tumor cells without affecting normal tissues. During the recovery period, patients should quit smoking and drinking and keep their airways open.