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Lung cancer is one of the most widespread kinds of cancer and the most frequent reason for cancer death. This critical illness may have numerous causes, comprising environment, smoking genetics and other medical circumstances. Treatment success of lung cancer generally relies upon the cancer stages– it is better to notice the signs of cancer earlier. Relying upon its stage, lung cancer treatment may aim to heal the patient entirely or only offer better living conditions in the last months. More and more patients prefer every year to seek lung cancer treatment abroad.

Candidates are all the people who experience symptoms of lung cancer and are diagnosed, an oncologist. Lung cancer symptoms involve chronic coughing, changed coughing (if you are a smoker and cough occasionally due to your addiction union changed voice tone and weight in addition to bone pain, which may be due to lung cancer diffusing to backbones.

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Medical Park Antalya Hospital
Antalya, Turkey
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  • ISO 9001 Certified
  • Over %95 effective result rate
  • Uses the latest technology
  • Premium facility
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Medical Park Bahcelievler Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Has JCI Accreditation
  • High quality hygiene policy
  • 1000+ treatments (operations) last year
  • Follows strict standards to deliver exceptional services
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Medical Park Goztepe Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey
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  • 293 patient beds
  • JCI accredited
  • Over %90 effective result rate
  • Located in the heart of the city
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Medical Park Ankara Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
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  • Well-equipped staff
  • Advanced diagnosis and treatment methods
  • 158 beds
  • Award-winning surgeons
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If any sign of lung cancer disturbs you, you should seek a specialist. If unfortunately, you are diagnosed with lung cancer, you should begin considering lung cancer treatment.

Lung cancer treatment options are many, involving lung cancer surgery, chemotherapy for lung cancer, and radiation therapy. Consequently, we cannot mention a standardized preparation process. Regarding lung cancer surgery, you should discontinue using a blood thinner for a couple of days before and fast for a few hours. Regarding radiation therapy and chemotherapy, there is no particular preparation. You should get your needed medical appointments done in advance for your radiation and chemotherapy because it may be not possible throughout these lung cancer treatments.

In the case of early-stage cancer or it is not much aggressive, specialists may effort to resect it completely, or in any case, it's the majority with lung cancer surgery. On the other hand, particularly in later-stage cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy may be combined. If specialists choose to use chemotherapy for lung cancer, an anti-cancer drug injection, or a pill will be given to the patient. In radiation therapy, radioactive substances in harmless doses will be given to destroy the cancer cells. Radiation may be external as beams, or internal by way of injection.

Lung cancer treatment recovery is a somewhat longer period. In the case of lung cancer surgery, the complete recovery may take weeks or in fact, months. As for chemotherapy and radiation therapy, some side effects might be involved in the long period of recovery. Recovery from radiation therapy lasts months, whereas chemotherapy can last years. On particular occasions, complete recovery from these lung cancer treatments may never happen. Nonetheless, the patient may live in better conditions with rehabilitation and medicines.

Treatment of lung cancer may carry some risks and complications regardless of receiving lung cancer surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy. Lung cancer surgery may lead to an unnecessary amount of bleeding, along with infections. Chemotherapy combined with radiation therapy may lead to severe damage to vital organs or bring, both real and phantom, pain.

In the same way, lung cancer treatment has some side effects. Specifically, chemotherapy mixed with radiotherapy. They are:

• Feeling of overall weakness, getting easily tired• Easy bruising and swelling of the body

• Chronic pain in several body parts

• Vomiting

On the other hand, it should be noted that the alternative to these lung cancer treatments is in the long run death, whereas these procedures provide an opportunity for healing or extending life.

Survival rates of lung cancer patients rely mainly upon the lung cancer stage. For early-stage lung cancer patients, the 5-year survival rate is as high as 55%. On the other hand, for late-stage lung cancer patients, the 5-year survival rate is only 5%.

After the treatment, the recovery period will be pretty long. Some side effects may never completely disappear, yet with appropriate medicines, you will have a better life.

Which Kind of Lung Cancer Treatment Should I Choose?

You should not choose your treatment by yourself. Your cancer specialist will assess the size, stage, and exact location of cancer and then will decide which type of treatment for lung cancer is suitable for you and –what’s most important – will bring good outcomes.

Why Cannot I Have Lung Cancer Surgery instead of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy?

It means that your cancer has spread and it is not possible to simply cut it out.

The drug is used in Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer?

There are numerous kinds of drugs used in chemotherapy treatment. In order to learn the name of your drug, you should ask your cancer specialist.