Treatment of Lung Cancer

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Treatment of Lung Cancer Treatment and management
of lung cancer depends on the type, size, and
position of the cancer, and the stage of cancer.
Patients health are also influential in
determining the treatment that can be
done. Surgical removal of the cancer can be done
if the cancer is only located on one side of the
lungs and has not spread. In addition, the
health condition of patients with lung cancer
need to be examined whether it is possible to do
the operation. Surgical removal of the cancer
will usually be followed by chemotherapy to
eradicate cancer cells remaining.
For cancer that has spread, only radiotherapy
and/or chemotherapy can be done. In addition,
biological therapy is also available as an
alternative to chemotherapy. Biological therapy
aims to control and suppress the development of
cancer. Surgical Removal of Lung Cancer
treatment Surgery is performed to remove the
cancer of the lung as well as some surrounding
healthy tissue. This is done by anticipating if
there are cancer cells that have spread. Wedge
resection is a surgical procedure which elevates
a small portion of lung tissue due to the tumor
size is small or if the performance of the lungs
of patients has been decreased due to the
operation of lobectomy that have been undertaken
previously.
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• Lobectomy is the process of removing the entire
  lobe in one lung. Lobe is the part of the lung
  that has limits is clear. Right lung consists of
  three lobes while the left lung of two lobes. In
  the procedure of lobectomy, the entire lobe of
  lung with cancer will be lifted. The lungs can
  still function with the rest of the lobe.
• Pneumonektomi is the procedure of surgical
  removal of one side of the lung as a whole. The
  implementation of this procedure only if forced
  to, for example, because cancer cells are in the
  middle of one side of the lung or has spread to
  all parts of the lungs.
• Patients will still be able to breathe after the
  operation-the operation above. If a portion of
  lung removed, remaining tissue is still there it
  will inflate after some time. This will make the
  breathing becomes more easy. It took a few weeks
  to fully recover from lung surgery.
• The same is the case with surgery-other surgery,
  surgical removal of the lung may also lead to
  complications. Examples of complications of lung
  surgery, among others, inflammation of the
  lungs, bleeding, and blood clots.
• Radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy uses radiation energy to kill cancer
  cells. Especially in the condition of
  postoperative, this procedure can also be used to
  kill cancer cells remaining. If the operation is
  not possible, radiotherapy is done to relieve
  symptoms or the pain and slow the rate of spread
  of the cancer.
• Possible side effects that can occur due to
  radiotherapy are as follows
• Cough to remove phlegm mixed with blood.
• Pain in the chest.
• The difficulty in swallowing.
• The skin is reddened and feels sore.Loss of fur
  on the chest.
• Often feel fatigue.

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Photodynamic Therapy Step treatment that can be
used to handle stage lung cancer early in
patients who refuse to do the surgery. In this
therapy, a thin lighted tube will be inserted to
the location of the tumor. Then the laser beam
will be fired through the tube to destroy cancer
cells. Biological therapy Step treatment this
is an alternative of chemotherapy. This therapy
uses drugs such as erlotinib and gefitinib,
which serves to inhibit the growth of cancer
cells. Therapy is commonly recommended for those
who have cancer of the lung non-small cell which
has spread so that it is difficult to be treated
with radiotherapy or surgery. Kryoterapi Medical
procedure this can be done if cancer has begun
to clog the air ducts. A tool named kryoprobe
will be laid on the tumor, and then produce
extremely cold temperature. The cold temperature
will shrink the tumor. Radiofrequency
Ablation This is the type of treatment to deal
with lung cancer-small cell lung cancer that can
be diagnosed at an early stage. The doctor will
use a CT Scanner to direct a needle into the
tumor. After the needle piercing the tumor, the
radio waves will be streamed on the needle. The
heat generated radio waves will kill cancer
cells. The complications that generally occur
after the
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procedure radiofrequency ablation is the
appearance of air pockets trapped between the
inner and outer layers of the lungs.