Generally speaking, the treatment of advanced lung cancer is mainly based on controlling symptoms to stabilize the condition.

2. Chest pain

It is intermittent dull or dull pain. When lung cancer develops to an advanced stage, the tumor invades the pleura, causing increased pain. Peripheral lung cancer may cause chest pain, intercostal neuralgia, upper limb pain, shoulder and back pain, etc., which generally makes the patient unbearable.

3. Shortness of breath

Tumors that block lymph glands in the lungs or larger bronchi can cause pleural effusion or shortness of breath, causing patients to experience chest tightness, shortness of breath or suffocation, which is life-threatening.

4. Fever

Tumor invasion causes bronchial obstruction, lumen compression or tumor formation of cavities, etc., which can cause inflammatory fever symptoms.

5. Hemoptysis

When lung cancer develops to an advanced stage, intermittent and repeated small amounts of bloody sputum may occur. The color is generally brighter, and occasionally there are symptoms of massive hemoptysis.

As the tumor continues to grow and infiltrate, late-stage lung cancer may spread to distant locations, causing dysfunction or failure of other organs. The tumor may invade the pleura, pericardium, vocal cords, etc., and may Cause pleural effusion, pericardial effusion or vocal cord paralysis.

Liver and brain metastasis occur in the late stage of lung cancer, and symptoms such as hepatomegaly, yellow marks, coma, and vomiting may occur; bone metastasis generally has no symptoms in the early stage, and bone isotope scanning can detect diseased bones; occurrence Metastasis of lymph glands in the right upper mediastinum can cause symptoms such as distention of the head and jugular veins, edema of the upper chest, face, and neck; late-stage lung cancer can cause cachexia, and the main clinical manifestations are extreme weight loss, neurasthenia, listlessness, and fatigue.