Wonderful Chinese Medicine | Advanced lung cancer may become a “chronic disease”, different treatment methods are listed
In the past decade, with the continuous improvement of medical standards, there has been a great breakthrough in the treatment of lung cancer and more options for patients with advanced stages.
Among malignant tumors in China, lung cancer has long been the number one killer, both in terms of incidence and mortality. In the past decade, with the continuous improvement of medical standards, there has been a great breakthrough in the treatment of lung cancer and more options for patients with advanced stages.
Early detection and early treatment are still the key, how to do it?
1 Which type of lung cancer is the most serious
According to pathological classification, lung cancer can be divided into two categories: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
Small cell lung cancer accounts for about 15%-20% of all lung cancers, with smoking as the main risk factor and a high degree of malignancy.
Non-small cell lung cancer includes squamous cell carcinoma (squamous carcinoma), adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. Compared with small cell carcinoma, its cancer cells grow and divide more slowly, spread and metastasize relatively late, and its prognosis is relatively better.
2 What are the symptoms of lung cancer?
The symptoms of early stage lung cancer are not obvious, and the common symptoms of patients include
Cough: mainly irritating and persistent dry cough.
Bloody sputum: blood in sputum or hemoptysis.
Chest pain: pain at a fixed area of the chest, intensifying at night.
Fever: mostly low fever of 37.5-38℃, with fever in the afternoon and evening, and treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs is not effective.
If the above symptoms occur repeatedly or last for a long time, the patient must go to the hospital in time.
3 Treatment of different stages of lung cancer
Lung cancer is divided into stage I, II, III and IV, of which stage I is early stage, stage I and III are intermediate stage, and stage IIIB to IV are advanced stage.
Early-stage lung cancer is generally treated mainly by surgery, while supplemented by Chinese medicine to promote post-operative recovery, improve the body’s immune function and reduce the risk of recurrence.
Mid-stage lung cancer adopts the integrated treatment method of radiotherapy and chemotherapy with surgery, combined with TCM treatment to alleviate toxic side effects and improve treatment tolerability.
Advanced lung cancer cannot be surgically removed. In recent years, with the continuous development and update of targeted drugs and the wide application of immunotherapy, it has brought patients more treatment means and greatly improved the 5-year survival rate of advanced lung cancer.
For complications such as rash, diarrhea, poor appetite and fatigue during targeted therapy, the use of Chinese medicine can reduce the related toxic side effects and improve patients’ quality of life. In addition, the application of Chinese medicine can also effectively delay the occurrence of drug resistance to targeted drugs.
Early detection of lung cancer
1. High-risk groups
When measuring the number of cigarettes smoked by smokers, the “smoking index” is generally used, and smokers with a smoking index greater than 400 are considered to be at high risk of developing lung cancer.
Smoking index = number of cigarettes smoked per day x number of years of smoking
For those with a smoking index greater than 400, low-dose spiral CT testing is recommended after the age of 40 to screen for early tumors.
2. For people with a family history of lung cancer, patients with tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other lung diseases, CT lung examination is also recommended after the age of 40
3. People with persistent irritating cough, persistent chest pain, hemoptysis, and recurrent low-grade fever should be screened in time to exclude hidden diseases.
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