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STAGES OF LUNG CANCER AND TREATMEN

Understanding the stages of lung cancer and choose a suitable treatment plan for lung cancer at stage 1,2,3,4.

The goal of minimally invasive treatment is to shrink or kill of the tumor that contains in lung without open surgery and also clean the residual cancer cells. Minimally invasive treatment including cryotherapy, interventional therapy, microwave ablation, ozone therapy and combined therapy of TCM and western medicine is applicable to lung cancer at any stages with the advantages of 2mm trauma, lesser damages to the body and better efficacy. MDT (multidisciplinary team) at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou will give a recommended treatment plan according to physical condition, size of tumor, patient’s willing and other factors. Every case is different, at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, we offer you a personalized cancer treatment plan to meet your need to the greatest extend.

LUNG CANCERSTAGE 1

When the tumor is less than 5 cm and has NOT SPREAD to any lymph nodes within the lung itself. Basically, this is cancer that was detected quite early and has not spread anywhere.

The common treatment for lung cancer stage 1 is open surgery. How ever, for those who can’t tolerate or do not want to take open surgery, the preferred treatment for stage 1 lung cancer is minimally invasive treatment. You don’t need a large cut in the chest for this one, and you don’t need chemotherapy.

LUNG CANCERSTAGE 2

When the tumor is between 5 and 7 cm or has spread to the lymph nodes within the lungs itself, or the tumor is now growing into the large branches of the windpipe (bronchus) or The goal of minimally invasive treatment is to remove the section of the lung (the lobe of the lung) that contains the tumor without open surgery, and also remove the lymph nodes in that area to confirm if the tumor has spread into the lymph nodes or not.

Minimally invasive treatment including cryotherapy, interventional therapy, microwave ablation, ozone therapy and combined therapy of TCM and western medicine is applicable to lung cancer stage 1. MDT (multidisciplinary team) at Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou will give a recommended treatment plan according to physical condition, size of tumor, patient’s willing and other factors.

LUNG CANCER STAGE 3A

The tumor is larger than 7 cm or has spread to lymph nodes in the middle of the chest (mediastinum), or is stuck to the rib cage or to the heart, or the esophagus (swallowing tube).

Patients with stage 3A lung cancer require upfront chemotherapy and radiation therapy to “dry up” the lymph nodes and shrink the tumor before going through with surgery. Unfortunately after chemotherapy, it becomes more difficult to perform minimally invasive lung cancer surgery safely because the lung tissues become tougher and sticky to the large blood vessels.

In these situations, it is safest to take minimally invasive treatment to remove the cancer cells because it only brings 2mm trauma, lesser side effects than chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Comprehensive treatment is better than the single treatment because cancer has spread to lymph nodes in middle of chest. Single treatment might not well meet patient’s need to kill the cancer cells to the greatest extent. Taking cryotherapy or microwave destroys the localized tumor in lung and interventional therapy helps kills the residual cancer cells spread to other lymph nodes or organs.

LUNG CANCER STAGE 3B

In LUNG CANCERSTAGE 3B, the cancer cells have spread to the lymph nodes on the other side of the windpipe, open surgery may not be suitable to the patient at this stage because cancer cells have spread and it is hard to clean all the cancer cells through open surgery.

LUNG CANCER STAGE 4

In LUNG CANCER STAGE 4 , the tumor has spread to the other lung, or elsewhere outside the chest (metastasis). Open surgery is not effective as a form of treatment. Rather, minimally invasive treatment becomes the best option in lung cancer stage 4. Cryotherapy, microwave, interventional therapy, nanoknife therapy is applicable to treat lung cancer stage 4 and doctor team will first discuss patient’s condition and give a recommended treatment plan according to their physical condition, willing and other factors.

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