How to choose the treatment method for lung cancer? Three treatment methods for lung cancer are available for you to choose

For a serious disease like lung cancer, in addition to timely treatment, it is also very important to choose the right treatment method. In fact, there are many ways to treat lung cancer, and most patients don’t know what treatment method to choose. The following will introduce to you how to choose a treatment method for lung cancer.

1. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is an option for lung cancer that cannot be treated with surgery. Most patients choose chemotherapy, except for a few with sufficient evidence that there is no intrathoracic lymph node metastasis. Clinically, although there are many effective drugs for non-small cell lung cancer, the efficacy is low and complete remission is rarely achieved.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy is more suitable for small cell carcinoma, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, and the worst for adenocarcinoma. Since small cell carcinoma is prone to metastasis, large-area irregular field irradiation is often used, and drug therapy is also needed. Squamous cell carcinoma is moderately sensitive to radiation and metastasizes relatively slowly, so radical treatment is often used.

3. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine mainly believes that lung cancer is caused by the deficiency of vital energy, which leads to lung dysfunction and the accumulation of phlegm, qi, blood stasis and toxins, which form lung masses over time. Therefore, lung cancer is a disease that is systemic and local. Traditional Chinese medicine has no side effects and can comprehensively regulate the body of lung cancer patients. It is a comprehensive treatment method and is more suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer.