The treatment of 90-year-old lung cancer patients should be decided by combining the tumor type, disease stage and physical condition, etc. If 90-year-old lung cancer patients can tolerate the surgery, it is still recommended to have surgery as early as possible, but if the patients have already entered the advanced stage or cannot tolerate the surgery, it is recommended to adopt chemotherapy drugs, radiation therapy and targeted therapy, etc. At present, the main means of clinical treatment is surgery.
At present, surgery is the main means of clinical treatment for lung cancer. Whether a 90-year-old lung cancer patient can undergo surgery needs to be evaluated by a doctor in an interview due to the obvious deterioration of his body functions. If the patient’s body can tolerate surgery, family members are advised to bring the patient to the doctor as soon as possible for surgical treatment through segmental lung resection or total lobectomy.
If the doctor determines that the 90-year-old lung cancer patient is unable to tolerate surgery, then the patient should be brought to the doctor for radiotherapy as early as possible. Currently, radiotherapy is one of the most important means of treating lung cancer, and it is suitable for patients of advanced age, who can choose radical radiotherapy or palliative radiotherapy under the guidance of the doctor according to the actual situation.
At the same time, patients can also use molecular targeted therapy drugs such as gefitinib and crizotinib, and chemotherapy programs such as etoposide and irinotecan combined with cisplatin and carboplatin for adjuvant treatment according to doctor’s instruction.
To summarize, the treatment of 90-year-old lung cancer patients is the same as that of normal lung cancer patients, but the specific treatment plan needs to be judged in combination with the actual physical condition of patients. It is recommended that patients should go to regular hospitals for medical checkups and choose appropriate treatment plans under the guidance of doctors.