Treatment for Lung Cancer

What treatments are offered?

Depending on the stage / stage lung cancer that is, toward the goal of treatment may be to complete healing, cancer control, or an extension of the age or maintenance of symptoms and prevention of complications to improve the quality of life.

The following treatment modalities may be used singly or in combination.
surgery

Surgery is performed for lung cancer involves removal of the affected tissue tumors and lymph tissue around it.

Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. This method only kills cells in the treated area.
chemotherapy

Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer drugs in order to reduce / kill cancer cells. Drugs put into the bloodstream and can affect cancer cells throughout the body.
therapeutic target

Targeted therapy using drugs to prevent the growth and spread of cancer cells. The drug enters the blood stream will be about all the cancer cells in the body. Some people with lung cancer non-small cell that has spread may use this therapy.