What are the common methods for treating lung cancer? Hospitals commonly use 4 methods to treat lung cancer

Everyone wants to be healthy, but due to various problems, the body may have problems. Lung cancer, in particular, is a serious respiratory disease that seriously endangers the patient's health. The disease can cause coughing up blood and a decline in body functions. Treatment must be timely. Let me introduce to you the four most commonly used treatments for lung cancer.

Lung cancer patients should follow the principle of comprehensive treatment, that is, according to the patient's physical condition, the cytological and pathological types of the tumor, the scope of invasion (clinical stage) and the development trend, adopt a multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment model, and use surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and biological targeting in a planned and reasonable manner, in order to achieve the purpose of radical cure or maximum control of the tumor, improve the cure rate, improve the patient's quality of life, and prolong the patient's survival. At present, the treatment of lung cancer is still mainly surgical treatment, radiotherapy and drug therapy.

1. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine can be carried out throughout the entire early stage of lung cancer treatment. A large amount of clinical data has confirmed that Traditional Chinese Medicine has significant efficacy in treating early stage lung cancer, with few side effects and a wide range of indications. It can not only make up for the shortcomings of Western medicine, but also start from the overall situation, treat the disease based on syndrome differentiation, inhibit the growth and proliferation of cancer cells, and control the symptoms of spread and metastasis. Combined use with other therapies can also improve efficacy and prolong the effective survival period of patients.

2. Surgical treatment: Currently, most treatments for lung cancer advocate maximal removal of lung cancer and maximal preservation of lung function. In recent years, more advocates have been made for lobectomy and combined treatment with surgery and multiple methods. Commonly used lung resection methods include: pneumonectomy; lobectomy; sleeve lobectomy; segmentectomy; tumor resection.

3. Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is often combined with chemotherapy; radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes preoperative radiotherapy, postoperative radiotherapy, radical radiotherapy, brachytherapy and interstitial radiotherapy. The main complications of radiotherapy include esophageal injury, lung injury, heart injury and myelitis.

4. Chemotherapy: In recent years, chemotherapy has been increasingly valued in the treatment of lung cancer. Chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer should be treated differently. Chemotherapy is the main method for treating small cell lung cancer, mainly including: single-drug chemotherapy, combined chemotherapy and alternating chemotherapy. The efficacy of chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer is far less than that for small cell lung cancer, mainly including: single-drug and combined therapy, adjuvant chemotherapy in radiotherapy.

If you are diagnosed with lung cancer, do not be pessimistic. Although the treatment is difficult, early-stage patients can recover after treatment. Therefore, patients should have confidence in the treatment and cooperate with the doctor's treatment as soon as possible. This can effectively reduce pain and gradually bring the disease under control.