Is Surgery For Lung Cancer Curable
Health Encyclopedia: Lung Cancer Small Cell
Cancer - lung - small cell; Small cell lung cancer; SCLC
Treatment
Because small cell lung cancer spreads quickly throughout the body, treatment must include cancer-killing drugs (chemotherapy) taken by mouth or injected into the body. Chemotherapy may be combined with high-powered x-rays (radiation therapy).
Surgery is rarely used to treat small cell lung cancer. It is only considered if it is limited small cell lung cancer with only one tumor that hasn't ...
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Health Guide
Lung cancer
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About The DiseaseNon-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) include three cell types: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell carcinoma. In the early stages, surgery can treat all... Read more »Metastatic cancer to the lung
...present even in places not seen by CT scans. In these circumstances, removing the visible tumors by surgery is usually not beneficial. Chemotherapy is usually the treatment of choice. Cure is... Read more »
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