Your doctors will plan your lung cancer treatment based on what you need. It will depend on several factors.
When doctors use two or more methods to treat cancer, they call it combination therapy.
Some types of lung cancer can be treated with a drug that works when it is combined with the power of light energy.Â
Inoperable lung cancer is a tumor that surgery can’t treat. It’s also called unresectable lung cancer.
If you can't get surgery for your lung cancer, it doesn't mean you don't have any treatment options.
Lung cancer treatment is changing, thanks to breakthroughs and early detection.
Lung cancer treatment comes with a hefty price tag. But health insurance and government programs can help cover the bills.
Disparities in lung cancer diagnosis and treatment exist between white people and people in all other racial groups.
People with lung cancer who participate in clinical trials get the most effective therapy that’s already available.
If you have unresectable lung cancer, you may want to think about joining a clinical trial.Â
There are many different ways to treat non-small-cell lung cancer or NSCLC. The treatments you get depend on many things
Early NSCLC is when your disease is in its earliest stages, or stages I-II.
Immunotherapy is one of the newest treatment options for metastatic NSCLC. It’s different from chemotherapy.
It’s rare, but some people have NSCLC with “ALK rearrangement” or “ALK mutation.”
Electrocautery uses heat from an electric current to destroy cancer cells. It’s a treatment for some people with NSCLC.
There are many different ways to treat SCLC. The type of treatment or treatments you get depends on many things.
For more than three decades, care for SCLC remained mostly the same. That’s changing now. Immunotherapy is a new option.Â
New therapies for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) have started to emerge, and the early results are promising.
Surgery usually isn’t an option if you have extensive SCLC. But treatments are available to relieve symptoms.
A clinical trial may give you the chance to receive a new extensive SCLC therapy that isn’t available to the public.Â
Surgery is the preferred treatment for patients with early stage non-small-cell lung cancer, or NSCLC.
Lobectomy is usually the main treatment for people with the early stages of lung cancer.
A thoracotomy is when a surgeon goes between the ribs to get to the heart, lungs, or esophagus to diagnose or treat illness.
VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) uses smaller surgical cuts than traditional lung surgery.
Cryosurgery, also called cryotherapy or cryoablation, is a procedure that kills cancer cells using extreme cold.
When you have SBRT, your doctor will use a computer to direct many radiation beams to your tumor from different angles.
Chemotherapy is the main treatment for SCLC. It may also be used before or after surgery, or instead of surgery, in NSCLC.
Immunotherapy helps your immune system fight cancer in much the same way it fights off colds and viruses.
If you have advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), you doctor may consider a treatment called immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy helps your immune system better find and destroy cancer cells.
Immunotherapy helps your immune system to better target and kill the diseased cells. But side effects can happen.Â
No method can predict if an immunotherapy drug will shrink your tumor. But there are signs if it isn’t helping.
As you get ready to start lung cancer treatment, it's normal to feel nervous about side effects you might face.Â
With unresectable lung cancer, treatments can slow the disease. They may have side effects, but you can get relief.
"Complementary” and “alternative” mean different things when it comes to lung cancer treatments.
Research shows that lung cancer exercise programs are not only safe but can bring many benefits.
With lung cancer, you may notice that it affects your mouth. It could be dryer, or sensitive, or painful, or have sores.
Cannabis might potentially ease pain and other symptoms of lung cancer. There's no evidence it can work as a treatment.