Surgery for early-stage lung cancer is relatively effective and has a high cure rate. However, patients at any stage have the possibility of being cured, and there are also patients who cannot be cured. However, the chance of cure is higher in the early stage. There is no absolute in the world. Relatively speaking, there is no 100% guarantee for cancer. We can only use the five-year cure rate as a standard. The five-year cure rate for early-stage lung cancer is 70-80%. This figure tells us that early-stage lung cancer also has recurrence and metastasis that cannot be cured. Therefore, after surgery Regular review is necessary, and it is recommended to review every three months within one year, such as CT, PET_CT, and tumor markers.
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor disease, and surgical treatment is an important treatment method
However, relevant postoperative care must be taken to slowly restore health! First, patients with lung cancer should eat a light diet after surgery and avoid irritating foods, except garlic, because it contains allicin, which can fight cancer.
Second, after radiotherapy, patients have dry mouth and tongue. They should avoid spicy and warm foods and eat foods that nourish yin and promote fluid production, such as pears, watermelons, lilies, fungus, vegetables, soy products, Lean meat, eggs, river fish, etc.
Third, eat more alkaline foods to reduce your own acidic constitution and supplement the body's necessary organic nutrients. This way you can starve cancer cells to death and restore your own immunity at the same time. In short, through the above understanding, we know some knowledge about postoperative care for lung cancer. We hope it can bring some help to everyone. In daily life, we must pay attention to relevant postoperative care, develop good living habits, and maintain good health. lifestyle and control the development of the disease.
Is it possible for lung cancer patients to recover after surgery?
What kind of lung cancer depends on it, whether it is early or late stage, whether the cancer cells are highly differentiated or low, whether there is metastasis, where the cancer occurs, and other factors will all affect the patient's survival. If you It is an early-stage adenocarcinoma, has not metastasized, and has not grown in the hilum of the lung. It can be removed by surgery. Congratulations, you have undergone surgery. It can be basically judged that you have recovered, and there is a high possibility that you will die.
But if you are unfortunate enough to have squamous cancer, which spreads throughout the lungs and cannot be operated on at all, or the cancer happens to be at the hilum of the lung and cannot be operated on, or it is discovered at an advanced stage and has already appeared. Lymphatic and distant metastasis, then sorry, the possibility of cure is very low.
The best way is to listen to the doctor, eat something, drink something, be happy, go around and look around, and leave no regrets. Therefore, in cancer treatment, it is best to have regular physical examinations and strive for early detection and early treatment. This is the right way.
Lung cancer patients have just undergone surgery, what can they eat to help them recover faster?
Lung cancer patients who have just undergone surgery really need to pay more attention to their diet. Let me talk about what you need to pay attention to after the general situation, and what you need to pay attention to during radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and recovery.
After surgery, after undergoing anesthesia, gastrointestinal decompression, etc., especially if the surgery has direct stimulation to the digestive tract, the patient needs a gradual restoration of diet. Usually after waking up from anesthesia, you will first go through a period of fasting and water deprivation. Based on the surgical situation and drainage situation, the doctor tells the patient that he can start by restoring drinking water, then go through liquid and semi-liquid food, and then gradually transition to a normal diet. If the fasting time is long, the nutritional supply mainly depends on intravenous nutrition, that is, infusion. After you resume eating, you need to pay attention to avoiding foods that produce a lot of gas, such as soybeans, lentils, potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, pumpkin, chestnuts, milk, Various carbonated drinks, etc.
In the liquid feeding stage, rice porridge is a better choice. People without a history of lactose intolerance can drink milk. Of course, yogurt is a better choice to avoid lactose intolerance and gas production. In addition to diarrhea, it can also regulate intestinal flora. The latest research shows that healthy intestinal flora can help restore immunity, and can help the body fight tumors and reduce tumor metastasis and recurrence through gene regulation.