Stage 1, 2, 3, and 4 non small lung cancer symptoms and treatments options
Even there is improvement due to survival rate related to stage 4 non-small lung cancer every year, however the data showed slightly.
Recent study said the survival of patients with stage 4 non small lung cancer still bellow in 20%.
The survival for 1 year about 13% and survival for 2 years about 4.5%, and about 162,000 people death in the U.S caused by lung cancer (2008).
Still… smoking give best contribution for the lung cancer.
The symptoms as following;
- Coughing
- Blood expectoration
- Breathing impairment
- Paraneoplastic syndromes as consequence from presence cancer
Generally the treatment of lung cancer both small-cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer as following;
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy including combination with radiation therapy.
- Systemic therapy for chemotherapy
- Systemic therapy for biologic usage
Some detail are;
For stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer, the treatment may uses Surgery</em> procedure including pre-operative procedure such as surgical excision of the lobe (Lobectomy).
In some case the procedure may involved radiation therapy and adjuvant chemotherapy as additional treatment after surgery to improve disease specific and overall survival.
For stage 2 non-small cell lung cancer, the treatment may uses are Surgical resection, radiation therapy, and platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
For stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer, the treatment may uses are surgical resection, radiation therapy, chemotherapy (adjuvant chemotherapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy), and systemic combination of them.
For stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer, the treatment may uses Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan for early identification of surgical resection, surgical resection, stereotactic radiosurgery , platinum-based chemotherapy, using chemotherapy drugs (such as cisplatin-pemetrexed and bevacizumab), anti cancer drugs (anti angiogenic) therapy, cytotoxic drug ( a drugs that combat and inhibit the neoplasms development) and some other systemic biologic treatments.
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