There are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of small cell lung cancer, there may be symptoms such as cough and sputum, and most of them are found during health checkups.
There are no typical symptoms in the early stage of small cell lung cancer, and there may be atypical symptoms such as cough and sputum, mostly discovered during health checkups as lung nodules, and then further examination reveals lung cancer. It usually takes the disease to develop to a certain degree before there are obvious symptoms, which mainly include cough, sputum, chest pain, hemoptysis, weight loss, hoarseness and so on.
Small cell lung cancer is mainly based on the patient’s condition to choose chemical drugs, radiation, surgery and other comprehensive treatment programs.
Early stage of small cell lung cancer is mainly detected by lung CT screening. Therefore, it is recommended that people with family history of tumors, long-term heavy smoking history, history of chronic lung diseases and older people should undergo lung CT screening on a regular basis, and intervene in a timely manner according to the doctor’s assessment.