The most commonly used for lung cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The exact treatment receives a lung cancer patient will depend on several factors. Examples include the type of cancer, stage, or the extent to which it is propagated at the time of diagnosis and general health status of the patient.
Representing approximately 80% of cases of cancer of the lung, non-small cell lung cancer is treated according to its stage of diagnosis. Lung Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for the early stages of lung cancer. Cancerous tissues, with a margin of healthy tissue, are deleted. Patients who are unable to have surgery can be treated with radiation therapy. The cure for early lung cancer rates are good, it is rarely found to debut. Non-small cell cancer spreads in the chest, it is treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Once the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, chemotherapy and radiotherapy replace main surgery as treatment options. A number of medications is available, and many others still is tested in clinical trials.Radiotherapy is palliative, and although it can ease the symptoms such as pain and cough, it stops not growth cancer.Si cancer affects a major airway, with a laser, the tumor gel or keep the airway open with a stent or tube can remove obstruction.
Small cell lung, located approximately 20% of patients with lung, cancer is spreading more aggressive and more likely to have at the time of diagnosis.It is therefore treated mainly with chemotherapy.Radiation to the chest can also be used to kill cancer cells restants.Souvent, this type of cancer spreads to the brain .it's radiation therapy to the brain can therefore be used as a prophylactic, even if no cancer is detected in the brain.
