| For some lung cancers in the early
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| | size of the tumor found, there are three
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| stages, an option that offers the best
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| | main types of surgery that are used.
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| chance for a complete recovery is
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| | If it has been found in it's early stage
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| surgery. Medical literature has shown
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| | and is confined to a very small portion
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| this to be true when a patient is
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| | of the lung, an oncologist may perform a
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| diagnosed with non-small cell cancer and
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| | 'lung resection' or a 'segmentectomy'.
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| the detection is made in the early stages
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| | During each of those surgeries the doctor
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| and the tumor is small and no evidence is
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| | removes a small section of one lung, the
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| present that it has spread to any other
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| | area where the cancerous cells have been
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| organ systems, if surgery is used to
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| | detected. If it's determined that it may
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| remove the tumor, the patient has up to
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| | have invaded the nearby cells though, the
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| an 80% chance of passing the five year
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| | doctor will then use more radical
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| survival mark.
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| | surgeries.
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| Surgery is recommended for some but not
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| | The removal of one or more lobes of the
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| others - why? Surgical treatment is
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| | lung, but not the entire organ, is called
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| normally recommended for non-small cell
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| | a 'lobectomy'. If the thoracic surgeon
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| cancers, especially in the early stages.
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| | believes that only part of it is affected
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| Surgery MAY be recommended for small cell
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| | and that it has not spread to the entire
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| IF it's diagnosed in the earliest stages.
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| | organ, the surgeon will opt for a
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| The reason for this is because most small
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| | lobectomy.
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| cell is seldom diagnosed before it's
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| | However, if it is believed the entire
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| already begun to spread to other parts of
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| | lung may be involved, he may then choose
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| the body.
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| | to do a pneumonectomy. A 'pneumonectomy'
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| On the other hand, non-small cell does
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| | is the removal of the entire lung. Prior
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| not spread as fast or as virulently.
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| | to this surgery, the doctor will perform
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| Non-small cell tends to localize into one
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| | tests to be sure that the remaining lung
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| spot, therefore, there is a greater
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| | will be capable of supporting your needs
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| chance that surgery can remove all the
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| | for oxygen before doing a complete
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| cancer in one surgery.
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| | pneumonectomy.
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| Depending on where the tumor is located
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| | Surgery is a very invasive treatment and
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| is how the decision is formed as to
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| | is not the treatment of choice for most
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| whether or not surgery is appropriate. If
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| | cancers. Doctors will only attempt
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| it is located too close to the heart, the
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| | surgery if there is a chance that it will
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| windpipe, major blood vessels or other
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| | remove it in its entirety. If it has
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| major organs, the risks and dangers are
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| | advanced beyond a small portion, or it's
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| much greater if surgery is attempted. In
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| | fast spreading, then surgery to remove it
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| these cases your doctor may recommend
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| | does not make any sense. In these
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| radiation or chemotherapy to shrink and
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| | instances, radiology, chemotherapy or
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| kill the cancerous cells.
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| | some other type of treatment would be a
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| The different kinds of surgery for
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| | more reasonable alternative.
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| treatment. Depending on the location and
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