Lung Cancer

Adam · 08-24-2009

I just found out that a relative of mine got diagnosed with lung cancer?
Is it treatable?

Kenny5 · 08-25-2009

Lung cancer is hard to control with current treatments.

The choice of treatment depends mainly on the type of lung cancer and its stage. People with lung cancer may have surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, or a combination of treatments.

People with limited stage small cell lung cancer usually have radiation therapy and chemotherapy. For a very small lung tumor, a person may have surgery and chemotherapy. Most people with extensive stage small cell lung cancer are treated with chemotherapy only.

People with non-small cell lung cancer may have surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of treatments. The treatment choices are different for each stage. Some people with advanced cancer receive targeted therapy.

Cancer treatment is either local therapy or systemic therapy:

Local therapy: Surgery and radiation therapy are local therapies. They remove or destroy cancer in the chest. When lung cancer has spread to other parts of the body, local therapy may be used to control the disease in those specific areas. For example, lung cancer that spreads to the brain may be controlled with radiation therapy to the head.

Systemic therapy: Chemotherapy and targeted therapy are systemic therapies. The drugs enter the bloodstream and destroy or control cancer throughout the body.

For most patients with non-small cell lung cancer or small cell lung cancer, current treatments do not cure the cancer.

PS:i think majousseh can help you more

**mr_j** · 08-25-2009

did he smoke alot?

some cancers are cured ith chemotherapy, if the cancer multiplies alot it is easy to cure with chemo
if not then it is difficult
and cancer cells are like grape, they fall off and go into the blood stream and multiply other places...

**majousseh** · 08-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Adam

Is it treatable?

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Originally Posted by Ken_5

The choice of treatment depends mainly on the type of lung cancer and its stage

nothing to say more.

08-24-2009	#1
Adam Registered Member Last Online: 06-03-2013 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,410 Thanks: 1,444 Thanked 1,235 Times in 689 Posts Groans: 25 Groaned at 21 Times in 19 Posts	Lung Cancer I just found out that a relative of mine got diagnosed with lung cancer? Is it treatable?

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Kenny5 Registered Member Last Online: 08-31-2013 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 314 Thanks: 652 Thanked 145 Times in 99 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Lung cancer is hard to control with current treatments. The choice of treatment depends mainly on the type of lung cancer and its stage. People with lung cancer may have surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, or a combination of treatments. People with limited stage small cell lung cancer usually have radiation therapy and chemotherapy. For a very small lung tumor, a person may have surgery and chemotherapy. Most people with extensive stage small cell lung cancer are treated with chemotherapy only. People with non-small cell lung cancer may have surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of treatments. The treatment choices are different for each stage. Some people with advanced cancer receive targeted therapy. Cancer treatment is either local therapy or systemic therapy: Local therapy: Surgery and radiation therapy are local therapies. They remove or destroy cancer in the chest. When lung cancer has spread to other parts of the body, local therapy may be used to control the disease in those specific areas. For example, lung cancer that spreads to the brain may be controlled with radiation therapy to the head. Systemic therapy: Chemotherapy and targeted therapy are systemic therapies. The drugs enter the bloodstream and destroy or control cancer throughout the body. For most patients with non-small cell lung cancer or small cell lung cancer, current treatments do not cure the cancer. PS:i think majousseh can help you more Last edited by Kenny5; 08-25-2009 at 04:58 AM.

08-25-2009	#3
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