Which Lung Cancer Treatments Should I Persue?
The lung cancer treatments depend on many factors including, but not limited to:
- The Kind of Lung Cancer
- Size of Area Affected
- Location
- Size of the Tumor
- Your General Health
The needed lung cancer treatments may control the progression and to improve the quality of life for the patient.
Surgical Lung Cancer Treatments Include:
- Segmental, or Wedge Resection - An operation to remove a small section of lung .
- Lobectomy - Removal of lobe of the lung.
- Pneumonectomy - Removal of an entire lung.
Medications for Lung Cancer Treatments
- Chemotherapy - An anticancer drug, used for many other forms of cancers too, used to kill, or control, cancer cells throughout the body.
- Radiation - Therapy using high-energy rays so as to kill the cancer cells.
Doctors often use both chemotherapy and radiation as the initial treatment before moving to surgery.
Side Effects of Lung Cancer Treatments
The side effects of any of the treatments of lung cancer, especially if it is aggressive, can be as bad or even worse than the disease itself.
Be sure to seek a second, or even a third, doctors opinion before following and course of treatment.
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