Lung Cancer Types and Treatment

What is Lung Cancer?

Lung cancer is the major cause of the cancer deaths in the world. The major risk factor for developing lung cancer is cigarette smoking. Passive smoking (passive exposure to smoke) is also causes lung cancer. 

Types of Lung Cancer

Lung cancer can occur in two types

• Small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
• Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 

What are the treatments method used in lung cancer?

Treatment for lung cancer includes:

• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Targeted drug therapy
• Immunotherapy

What Treatment methods non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes?

The treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is different for each stage, it is depends on the patient health conditions. Guru Multispecialty Hospital, Madurai provides excellent treatment facilities for lung cancer.

Stage 1 NSCLC includes surgery to eliminate effected portion of the lung. Sometimes chemotherapy is also recommended. 

Stage 2 NSCLC includes elimination of full lung portion. Chemotherapy is also recommended in some cases.

Stage 3 NSCLC includes the combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

Stage 4 NSCLC is hard to cure and includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

What types of surgeries is recommended in NSCLC?

NSCLC treatment may include following surgery types

• Lobectomy
• Segmentectomy
• A wedge resection 
• Pneumonectomy

What is radiation therapy?

Radiation therapy helps in destroying cancer cells by using high beam x-rays or other particles. Radiation oncologist is trained to give radiation therapy to cure cancer patients.

What is chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy uses drugs to eliminate cancer cells by blocking their ability to grow and divide. Chemotherapy is consisting of several sessions which are based of the cancer stage. Some drugs that are used in chemotherapy are carboplatin, docetaxel, paclitaxel, and vinorelbine. 

Guru Multispecialty Hospital, Madurai has all the advanced techniques and infrastructure to treat lung cancer. The hospital also provides best physiotherapy facilities.

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Lung Cancer Treatment In India 

The lungs are a pair of cone – shaped breathing inside the chest. Each lungs has sections called lobes. The lungs bring oxygen into the body when breathing in and send carbon dioxide out of he body when breathing out. Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or both lungs , usually in the cells that line the air passages.

The two main types of lung cancer are : -
Non – small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC )

Small cell lung cancer ( SCLC )

Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer. If the cancer is made up of both types it is called mixed small cell / large cell cancer. In our daily life more people die of lung cancer than the other cancers. The lung cancer is mainly comes from the habit of smoking. Smoking is very injurious to health.

                                                                                                 Risk Factors

                                                                                                      Cigarette smoking

                High levels of air pollution

               Family history of lung cancer

               High levels of arsenic in drinking water

               Exposure to cancer – causing chemicals
     
               Radon gas
     
                                                                                                     Radiation therapy to the lungs

Starting Stage Symptoms

• Chest Pain

• Coughing up blood

• Fatigue

• Weight loss

• Loss of appetite

• Shortness of breath

• Wheezing 

these are the starting symptoms and these symptoms can also be due to other , If you have any one of these symptoms you have to undergo proper diagnosis. So it is very important to aware about of these symptoms. In early lung cancer may not show symptoms.The symptoms depend on the type of cancer you have.

Last Stage Symptoms

• Bone pain

• Eyelid Drooping

• Facial paralysis

• changing voice

• Join pain

• Nail Problems 

• Shoulder pain

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