Limited stage-involves a combination of chemo with radiation
Extensive stage-chemo - 🌟🌟radiation therapy added only as palliative for symptoms
Such as dyspnea or for treatment of brain metastasis.
⏩surgery
🌟may be used if cancer is found in one lung and the nearby lymph nodes
ONLY!
👉lung cancer is normally found in both lungs
👉surgery may be followed by chemotherapy and radiation to kill
🌟🌟 Any cells left behind to decrease the chance of reoccurrence.
⏩chemotherapy
🌟this method uses drugs to stop cancer growth by killing cancer cells or by stopping them from dividing.
👉taken by mouth or injection and aka systemic chemotherapy
(The method of dispensing is determined by the stage of the cancer.)

Treatment

Treatment is dependent on which stage the cancer is at, this determination is made
by the following:
✅Presence/absence of metastasis
✅Whether the tumor is limited to the thorax
✅Whether or not the tumor can be encompassed within a single radiotherapy portal