Brachytherapy Lung
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Surgical Procedures
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Radiation Treatments
In addition to surgery, radiation is the other primary treatment for early-stage lung cancer. Doctors are also studying the benefits of radiation treatment in advanced lung cancer.
Radical Radiation in Early-Stage Cancer. Radical radiation is used as the sole procedure in stage I and some stage II patients who have adequate lung function but, for medical or other reasons, cannot be treated with surgery.
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Staging Systems
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Options by StagesOccult StageIn the occult stage (TX, N0, M0), cancer cells are found in a sample of a patient's coughed-up sputum, but no cancer... Read more »
Lung transplant
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Lung surgery
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Lung surgery is surgery to repair or remove lung tissue. Several common lung surgeries are:Lobectomy, to remove one or more lobes of a lungWedge... Read more »
Lung diffusion testing
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Lung diffusion testing measures how well the lungs exchange gases. This is an important part of lung testing, because the major function of the lungs... Read more »
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