How should lung cancer be treated?

  Lung cancer treatment is based on the principle of comprehensive treatment, which includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biologic targeted therapy and Chinese medicine.  For EGFR-positive lung cancer, biologic targeted therapy is also an important treatment tool.  Clinical staging of lung cancer – complete surgical resection exists for non-small cell lung cancer until stage IIIa, and for limited small cell lung cancer, surgical resection is also undertaken. For more advanced stages, radiotherapy treatment is usually preferred.  Distant metastatic conditions generally present with distant metastases and surgical treatment is not an option. However, for non-small cell lung cancer combined with a single metastasis to a specific site, surgery can be used to remove the primary lung cancer and the metastasis and can achieve a better outcome than simple treatment, such as non-small cell lung cancer combined with a single adrenal metastasis, such as non-small cell lung cancer combined with a single brain metastasis.  The patient’s physical condition, for lesions suitable for surgery, needs to be assessed for the patient’s body’s ability to tolerate surgical trauma, the functional status of heart, lung and other organs need to be checked, as well as the control of hypertension and diabetes to assess the risk of surgery before deciding.  Chinese herbal medicine – as an adjunctive treatment, use as appropriate.