How to treat small cell lung cancer effectively

Whenever people hear about a disease with the word "cancer" in it, they feel that it is a very serious disease, especially patients with small cell lung cancer. They will feel very uncomfortable when they get the diagnosis. In fact, if patients with small cell lung cancer are discovered and treated in time, the effect of the treatment can be guaranteed. So, how can small cell lung cancer be treated effectively? Let's find out below.

1. Chemotherapy

The treatment of small cell lung cancer is mainly chemotherapy, which can be combined or sequentially with radiotherapy. For less than 5% of early-stage patients who are limited to the lung parenchyma, surgical treatment is considered. Limited-stage small cell lung cancer is mainly treated with synchronous chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy and radiotherapy sequentially. Synchronous chemoradiotherapy is better than sequential treatment. Synchronous chemoradiotherapy should be performed as early as possible, and preventive whole-brain radiotherapy should be given. Preventive whole-brain radiotherapy has significant benefits for survival. Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer is mainly treated with chemotherapy, and local or metastatic lesions can be treated at an appropriate time.

2. Surgical treatment

Patients with TNM stage T1-2N0M0 confirmed by mediastinoscopy or surgical staging can undergo surgical resection. Even patients who achieve complete resection still need chemotherapy after surgery.

3. Drug treatment

Single-drug regimen: Before 1990, there were many studies on the efficacy of many single-drug drugs against small cell lung cancer. In recent years, the effectiveness of some drugs has also been observed. Commonly used drugs include etoposide, phosphamide, amrubicin, and paclitaxel. There are also some combination chemotherapy regimens.

IV. Treatment with Chinese medicine

In clinical practice, Western medicine mainly treats small cell lung cancer with systemic chemotherapy, sometimes in combination with radiotherapy. However, while radiotherapy and chemotherapy kill malignant cancer cells, they also kill the body's normal cells. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can achieve good results in the short term, but they are only local treatments, and usually only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. In addition, the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are more significant, often making patients miserable, and sometimes even accelerating the death rate of patients with small cell lung cancer.

The unique therapy of traditional Chinese medicine can be used throughout the entire process of small cell lung cancer treatment. A large amount of clinical data shows that traditional Chinese medicine can effectively prevent and treat the toxic side effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. If traditional Chinese medicine is used for treatment after surgery, it can effectively prevent the recurrence and metastasis of lung cancer, effectively prolong survival and improve the quality of life of patients.

Choosing a treatment method that suits you is very important for the treatment effect. Moreover, the treatment level of small cell lung cancer has been at a plateau in the past 30 years. Only some progress has been made in synchronous chemoradiotherapy and whole-brain preventive radiotherapy. At present, the staging and standardized treatment of small cell lung cancer during the initial treatment is still the key to achieving satisfactory results.