Whether chemotherapy is needed after lung cancer surgery cannot be generalized due to different conditions of patients. If patients do not have metastasis after surgery, chemotherapy is generally not necessary. However, if the patient has metastasis, chemotherapy is generally recommended. Consult your doctor for details.
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the bronchial mucosa or glands in the lungs, and its etiology is related to smoking, ionizing radiation, improper diet, heredity and other factors. Surgery is the first choice and the main method for treating lung cancer, which is applicable to lung cancer patients at different stages, such as lobectomy, thoracoscopic surgery and systematic lymph node dissection.
Generally speaking, if patients with lung cancer have good prognosis after surgery, without complications and distant metastasis, chemotherapy is not necessary. However, if lung cancer patients have large masses, mediastinal lymph nodes and pleural metastasis, chemotherapy is generally recommended to control the disease development and improve the prognosis.
Post-operative lung cancer patients should take into account their own conditions and individual needs and ask their attending doctors for guidance to determine whether chemotherapy is needed.