Surgery: The Most Effective Lung Cancer Treatment

Surgery: The Most Effective Lung Cancer Treatment

About 8,8 millions peoples in the world killed by cancer on 2015. About 25% of them, death by lung cancer. This fact is the reason that prevention and treatment of lung cancer became the main concern of most country.

There are two types of lung cancer, small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. These types derived from the cancer cells appearances under microscop. Small cell lung cancer usually begin from the center of the lung and spreading quickly to the other organs. Small cell lung cancer often wound when it has spreading widely. Non Small cell lung cancer could classified to several subtype of lung cancer, such as squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. Some medical institution in certain countries insert mesothelioma as lung cancer.

The Treatment

Lung cancer treatment depends on the stage of cancer and other physical conditions of patients. There are four stages of lung cancer and several substages. Doctors usually classified the stages by the size of tumor and the how extensive the cancer spreading in our body.

The most commons lung cancer treatment is surgery. It could take to the every stages of lung cancer. Surgery treatment is removing cancer in our body. It’s may also removing our body impacted by cancer. Lung cancer surgery including lubectomy, pneumonectomy, and wedge resection. The most extensive surgery is pneumonectomy because it’s removing one whole lung. Lubectomy and wedge resection only removing parts of lung.

After surgery, the patients often suggested to take chemotheraphy and or radio theraphy. Just to make sure that the cancer cell will not grow again.

At the early stage of non small cell lung cancer, patients and medical staff may choose radiotheraphy rather than surgery. If the radiotheraphy succeed, they don’t have to do surgery. Surgery is not an option again in small cell lung cancer cases.