Q: Is lung cancer contagious?
A: Lung cancer does not have the basic conditions to be contagious, therefore, lung cancer is not contagious.
Q: Is lung cancer necessarily hereditary?
A: There is no reliable evidence to prove that lung cancer can be passed on to the next generation through genetic inheritance.
Q: Is kitchen fumes related to the development of lung cancer?
A: When cooking oil is heated above 270℃, it will produce a large amount of foggy condensate, which contains a lot of harmful substances that can lead to chromosome mutation of cells in the body and cause local tissue cancer. Working around such an environment for a long time can easily cause lung cancer. x
Q: What common factors can cause the development of lung cancer?
Answer.
(1) Viral infection factor
(2) Tobacco carcinogenic factors.
(3) Alcohol cancer-causing factors.
(4) Environmental carcinogenic factors.
(5)Occupational factors: such as asbestos workers lung cancer related
(6) Genetic factors: there is increasing evidence that tumors are related to genetics.
Q: What is early stage lung cancer?
A: Early stage lung cancer needs to meet the following conditions.
(1) The lesion is confined within the bronchial tube wall, without external invasion and without lymph node, chest wall or organ metastasis.
(2) The tumor volume is small, with the maximum diameter within 2cm.
Symptoms of early stage lung cancer include: frequent choking cough for a long period of time without detecting the cause in a short period of time at the age of 35 years or above; repeated unresolved hemoptysis; pneumonia or tuberculosis with symptoms aggravated by ineffective anti-inflammatory and anti-TB treatment; chronic bronchitis patients with sudden change in the original cough pattern; progressive shortness of breath, chest tightness, chest pain with fixed location; history of long-term smoking, work exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos, arsenic, asphalt, coal tar, etc. Those who have a long history of smoking, work with more exposure to carcinogens such as asbestos, arsenic, asphalt, coal tar, etc. and have developed respiratory symptoms. x
Q: What are the treatments for lung cancer?
A: The treatment methods of lung cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biological immunotherapy, Chinese medicine, etc.
Q: The status of Chinese medicine in lung cancer treatment
A: Traditional Chinese medicine can play the role of adjuvant radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer, reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and improve the completion rate of radiotherapy; patients cured by surgery and radiotherapy often take traditional Chinese medicine also play the role of preventing recurrence and metastasis; and patients who are not able to undergo radiotherapy and chemotherapy at advanced stage, treatment by traditional Chinese medicine can play the role of reducing pain, improving the quality of survival and prolonging life.
Q: What is the first choice of treatment for lung cancer?
A: The preferred treatment for lung cancer is surgery. For patients who are suitable for surgery, surgery should be pursued to remove lung cancer, its metastatic lymph nodes and adjacent invaded tissues. This can achieve three purposes.
(1) Relatively complete removal of all cancerous tissues and clinical cure without distant metastasis.
(2) Removal of the vast majority of cancerous tissues, creating favorable conditions for radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and biotherapy, and removing residual lesions through these postoperative comprehensive treatment measures, which is conducive to improving the survival period.
(3) Reduce secondary and concurrent symptoms, reduce pain, improve life quality and prolong life expectancy.
Q: Which lung cancer patients are suitable for surgery?
A: (1) Patients with early stage of lung cancer.
(2) Patients with high clinical suspicion of lung cancer or those who cannot exclude the possibility of lung cancer.
Q: What kind of lung cancer patients are suitable for chemotherapy?
A: (1) Once small cell lung cancer patients are detected, systemic chemotherapy is preferred, followed by local radiotherapy.
(2) Non-small cell lung cancer as adjuvant therapy after surgery and/or radiotherapy;
(3) Patients with advanced lesion stage, who are no longer able to undergo surgery or radiotherapy, especially those with distant metastases;
(4) Recurrence and metastasis of the mass after surgery or radiotherapy;
(5) lung cancer combined with superior vena cava compression syndrome, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, etc.
Q: To which parts of the body is lung cancer likely to metastasize?
A: (1) Brain metastasis.
(2) Liver metastasis.
(3) Bone metastasis.
(4) Superior vena cava syndrome.
(5) Cervical sympathetic plexus.
(6) Pleural metastasis.
(7) Recurrent laryngeal nerve compression. x
Q: How should lung cancer patients take supplements after surgery and chemotherapy?
A: When the body of lung cancer patients gradually recovers health and the immune function and anti-cancer ability of the whole body are stronger, they can in turn effectively inhibit the growth of cancer cells and increase nutrition will not accelerate the growth of tumor cells. As for Chinese medicine, which emphasizes on food identification, the implementation of food therapy should be based on the patient’s specific situation and consult your primary care physician.
Q: Lung cancer health prevention
Answer.
(1) Do not smoke, and pay attention to avoid passive smoking.
(2) Enter a diet high in protein, vitamins, fiber, proper fat and calories, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.
(3) Do not drink alcohol and do not eat fried, fried, smoked or baked foods.
(4) Do not eat moldy and spoiled food, and do not eat partially or overeat.
(5) Avoid contact with various cancer-causing chemicals and/or pesticides.
(6) Have a regular lifestyle.
(7) Pay attention to personal hygiene and strengthen physical exercise.
(8) Keep your mood relaxed or calm and avoid worrying or overworking.
(9) Pay attention to and pay attention to the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and precancerous lesions, and prevent them from getting worse. For example, patients with chronic bronchitis should pay attention to the prevention of cold and flu, and should be treated promptly if they have a cold.
(10) Be careful with medication, for example, 5,000 cases of cancer in the United States are caused by improper use of medication every year.