Treatment of lung cancer
Treatment, which consists of combinations of operation, radiation, and chemo-therapy, may improve the prognosis and prolong survival. Nevertheless, because healing generally begins at an advanced stage, it’s mainly soothing.
For stage I, stage II, or selected stage III Surgery is the main treatment squamous cell cancer; adenocarcinoma; and large cell carcinoma, except the tumor is nonresectable or other circumstances rule out surgery.
Partial removal of a lung may be included in surgery. Preoperative radiation therapy may decrease tumor bulk to allow for surgical resection. If surgery is contraindicated, and for stage III lesions when the disease is confined to the involved hemithorax and the ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph nodes.
Generally, Preradiation chemotherapy helps improve response rates. Radiation therapy is ordinarily recommended for stage I and stage II lesions,radiation therapy is delayed until one month after surgery, to allow the wound to heal, and is then directed to the part of the chest most likely to develop metastasis. High-dose radiation treatment or radiation implants may also be used.
Paclitaxel, gemcitabine, docetaxel, irinotecan, and vinorelbine are more active and better tolerated when combined with cisplatin or carboplatin. According to research has shown .
