How to treat lung cancer?

There are two treatments for lung cancer, one is local treatment and the other is systemic treatment. There are two kinds of local treatment, the first is surgical treatment. Generally speaking, about 20% to 30% of lung cancer patients can be treated by surgery. There are two attitudes towards cancer: one is to drive quickly; The other is not to open it. Many patients say that I have no surgery or chemotherapy. What should I do? It depends on the patient's condition. If you can do surgery without doing it, it will definitely be unfavorable. Have a chance. If you can't operate, stick to it and the prognosis will be worse. Because it is local treatment, local treatment cannot be used or not used; If it is a systemic disease, if surgery is used, it will increase the chances of trauma and spread. So we need to understand this.

To prevent lung cancer, we should stay away from tobacco, that is, give up smoking, which is the most important factor to prevent lung cancer. It can also reduce indoor pollution, such as kitchen fume, pollution caused by decoration, exercise more, eat healthily, reduce contact with harmful environment, and go out as little as possible in foggy days. These are all important measures to prevent lung cancer.

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor with the highest morbidity and mortality in China. Because lung cancer can be asymptomatic in the early stage, most lung cancer patients have reached the advanced stage, so the overall five-year survival rate of lung cancer in China is only about 18%, less than 20%. More and more data confirm that 85%-90% of lung cancer is related to smoking, 15%-20%.