| The most commonly used treatments for
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| | body, chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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| lung cancer are surgery, chemotherapy and
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| | replace surgery as the main treatment
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| radiation. The exact treatment a lung
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| | options. A number of drugs are
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| cancer patient receives will depend on
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| | available, and many more are being tested
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| several factors. These include the type
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| | in clinical trials. Radiotherapy is
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| of cancer, the stage or extent to which
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| | palliative, and while it may ease
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| it has spread at the time of diagnosis,
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| | symptoms such as pain and cough, it will
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| and the overall health of the
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| | not stop cancer growth. If the cancer
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| patient.Non-small cell lung cancer, which
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| | obstructs a major airway, using a laser,
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| accounts for about 80 percent of lung
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| | freezing the tumor or keeping the airway
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| cancer cases, is treated depending on its
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| | open with a stent or tube may remove the
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| stage at diagnosis. Lung surgery is the
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| | obstruction.Small cell lung cancer, which
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| mainstay of treatment for the early
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| | is found in about 20 percent of lung
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| stages of lung cancer. Cancerous tissue,
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| | cancer patients, is more aggressive and
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| along with a margin of healthy tissue, is
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| | more likely to have spread by the time of
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| removed. Patients who are unable to have
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| | diagnosis. It is therefore treated
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| surgery may be treated with radiotherapy.
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| | primarily with chemotherapy.
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| While cure rates for early lung cancer
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| | Radiotherapy to the chest may also be
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| are good, it is rarely detected in its
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| | used to kill off remaining cancer cells.
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| early stages. As non-small cell cancer
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| | This type of cancer often spreads to the
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| spreads within the chest, it is treated
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| | brain. This is why radiotherapy to the
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| with some combination of surgery,
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| | brain may be used as a prophylactic even
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| chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Once
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| | if no cancer is detected in the brain.
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| cancer has spread to other parts of the
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