2008-07-13

Comprehensive treatment of lung cancer

Comprehensive treatment of lung cancer, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, immunization and treatment of Chinese medicine treatment. But treatment is not simply to increase by several means of treatment in a patient, but on the basis of the pathological type and stage, physical condition, and so do comprehensive analysis of the situation, select the most suitable treatment programmes, in order to get the best Treatment.

Which of the treatment should be «in which the main treatment, which supplemented» after the completion of each phase of the next step should be how do «the need to continue to do treatment» what to do »what to do»

These issues require professional and technical personnel to do comprehensive analysis and judgement to choose.

For non-small cell lung cancer (squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, etc.), usually the preferred treatment for surgery, particularly for patients with early radical surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy after supplemented by, and in line with immunization, such as Chinese medicine treatment, To prevent recurrence, transfer, enhance survival.

And small-cell lung cancer because of its unique biological characteristics, grade, the early transfer of the body may have, the more the current first choice does not advocate surgery, but mainly systemic chemotherapy, supplemented by radiotherapy. Intermittent during radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Chinese medicine can consolidate and immune therapy treatment.

And advanced lung cancer patients, the body has been transferred, surgery, radiation therapy has not as a local tumor control purposes, it should be the main choice of chemotherapy. To ease local pressure, bleeding, pain and other symptoms, can also be an appropriate choice of palliative surgery and radiotherapy. At this point in Chinese medicine treatment because of side effects and immune low toxicity, do not damage the body functions do not add to failure, but also for many of the optional, relieve pain, improve the quality of life, the role of extended life.

In short, the combination therapy is lung cancer surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, immunization, Chinese medicine treatment of organic synthesis, rather than simply stacking, the formulation of comprehensive treatment programme should be specialized technical personnel in accordance with the different circumstances of each patient made.