It is claimed that lung cancer, one of the most common and deadly cancers, will reach more important dimensions with the increase in environmental pollution. Experts, on the other hand, draw attention to early diagnosis in lung cancer and underline that treatments should be planned individually.
Thoracic Surgery Specialist Assoc. Dr. Demirhan, “Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly cancer types. Lung cancer treatment should always be individualized. Surgical treatment and post-surgical oncological treatments are also individually planned. Although it may seem standard, these treatments have some personal factors. To list these factors; The state of treatment varies according to conditions such as genetic tests, nutritional status and rules of the person, and the psychology of the person. In the increase of lung cancer, the deterioration of environmental factors day by day, increase in air pollution, and making tobacco and tobacco works more encouraging increase the rates of lung cancer. said.
Multidisciplinary treatment approach can also be successful in advanced lung cancer.
Stating that there may be treatment opportunities for suitable patients in advanced lung cancers, Dr. Demirhan said, “Since lung cancer progresses insidiously and often gives symptoms at an advanced stage, there may be delays in the diagnosis stage. This disrupts the treatment stage of cancer. However, the developed multidisciplinary treatment approaches can also provide hope for suitable advanced lung cancer patients. Advanced lung cancer is the 3rd and 4th stages, not the stages. Stage 3 disease is what we call locally advanced, where the cancer has entered the neighboring tissues a little further and has involved the lymph nodes. Stage 4, on the other hand, is the state that has metastasized to distant organs, bone, contralateral lung, adrenal glands, brain and liver. These mentioned regions are the places where lung cancer spreads most frequently. When the patient is diagnosed with this type of treatment, the treatment to be followed is as follows. If the 3rd and 4th stages are detected, the cell type is very valuable here. If the cell type we call adenocarcinoma has emerged in the cell type, some genetic tests can be performed on them and targeted treatments can be performed. Treatments performed after genetic testing in non-small cell subsets of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell cancers are point-and-shoot treatments. In other cell types, targeted therapies have also been started, but not as much as adenocarcinoma. Chemotherapy can be taken and depending on the location, for example, if there is metastasis in the brain, radiotherapy can be applied, or the stage of lung cancer can be regressed by applying radiotherapy in the rib cage. In a cancer that has entered stage 3 because of the lymph node, especially if there is lymph node involvement after treatment, it can be staged again and we can see that the place where the tumor was before disappears after chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Then we have the chance to have surgery. But when there is a station, our chances of surgery are high. If more than one station is involved, the chance of success is low, and it may come to the fore in surgically selected patients. After all these examinations are carefully and meticulously examined, if the patient’s condition is appropriate, treatment is planned with a multidisciplinary approach.
Patient’s morale and motivation affect the treatment.
Noting that morale and motivation are of great importance in the course of the disease and treatment, Dr. Demirhan said, “We observe that there is a regression in the incidence of advanced lung cancer, but we should not forget the logic of there is no disease, there is a patient. The tumor is also about five. A specific type of cancer may show different course in different people. Some are very aggressive and aggressive, while others are very slow and stable. That’s why we should never give up on treatment, we should not think that I have no luck, and we should not demoralize. People need to resist this disease.” used his words.
