Early surgery for lung mucinous carcinoma is possible to cure.
Early stage lung mucinous carcinoma refers to no lymph node metastasis or only hilar lymph node metastasis, meanwhile the tumor is less than 5 cm, and the main treatment is surgical resection, so it is possible to be cured. Five-year survival rate is often used to indicate the cure rate.
Lung mucinous adenocarcinoma can be cured by the combination of surgical resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection in early stage. After surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or targeted therapy can be supplemented according to the pathological stage and the patient’s own condition to reduce the risk of tumor recurrence and metastasis. Lung mucinous adenocarcinoma must be surgically resected at an early stage in order to achieve the goal of cure.
When patients develop lung mucinous adenocarcinoma, they must consult the doctor in time and have standardized and individualized treatment under the doctor’s guidance. The most important thing is to have regular medical checkups usually, especially for people with family history of tumor and age over 40 years old.