New ablative radiotherapy technique is the best way to cure early stage lung cancer in elderly patients
Zhang Jiandong, Department of Oncology Radiotherapy, Shandong Qianfo Mountain Hospital
According to the clinical stage of lung cancer: early stage lung cancer refers to lung cancer with masses of about 2-5 cm in diameter without any lymph nodes or organ metastasis.
Traditionally, these patients are given priority to surgery, but elderly patients, generally referring to those over 65 years old, mostly have hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, emphysema, etc. Minimally invasive thoracoscopy requires general anesthesia for one, and general anesthesia is risky, and most of them cannot tolerate anesthesia and surgery, so not only surgeons dare not choose surgery easily, but also patients and their families are not happy to choose surgery.
With the rapid development of radiotherapy equipment and technology, ablative radiotherapy for early-stage lung cancer has also developed rapidly. The results of a large number of randomized controlled clinical studies show that the progression-free recurrence rate and overall survival time of ablative radiotherapy and open-heart surgery are comparable to or better than surgery.
The Speed Light Knife System of Shandong Qianfo Mountain Hospital is the best device for implementing ablative radiotherapy internationally. Studies in Japan, the United States, Europe and China have proved that the efficacy of early lung cancer after ablative radiotherapy is equal to or better than surgery, and the 5-year survival rate of early lung cancer patients after ablative radiotherapy is as high as 70%, which is fully equal to or even higher than the efficacy of surgery, so it provides the best treatment method for elderly early lung cancer patients.