Treatment Options for Stages 3 Lung Cancer
When these factors are taken into consideration, the best solution will be proffered. The types of treatment include:
- Surgery: this is best done when cancer has not spread around the body.in this process the affected part is removed by the surgeon, this may include the part or all the lung and any lymph nodes already affected by the disease. Although the risk of recurrence is high.
- Chemotherapy: To suppress the growth of more cancerous cells after undergoing surgery, chemotherapy is advised. It is very effective in treating lung cancer.
- Immunotherapy: in this process, the doctor prescribes drugs that help to enhance the way the immune system fights the disease better. Imfinzi (durvalumab) is an approved immunotherapeutic drug [4]. This is opted for as a first treatment if surgery is not an option.
- Targeted therapy: this is recommended to block some specific factors like genes or proteins that enhance the fast growth of cancer. When targeted therapy is introduced, it blocks these factors and then delays the spread of this condition.
- Radiation therapy: high-energy radiation rays which are directed to the body, breaks the DNA inside the cells. This causes the cells to stop dividing and then shrink the tumors and reduce the spread of the cancerous cells. This is mostly done before the surgery to shrink the tumors.
- Endoscopic stent: this is the use of an endoscope to insert a stent to unblock the airway of a patient.