Overview

1. Non-small cell lung cancer is treated with (85% of people)

• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Targeted therapy
• Combined

1. Small cell lung cancer is treated with

• Radiation therapy and chemotherapy

Surgery

• Greatest chance of NSCLC cure, commonly used to treat stages I & II and some stage II but rarely used to treat stage IV https://progressreport.cancer.gov/treatment/lung_cancer

Details

• Lobectomy (removal of one lung lobe if cancer is only in one lung)
• Pneumonectomy (removal of entire lung)
• Wedge resection or segmentectomy (small piece of lung removal if cancer i8s small)https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lung-cancer/treatment/

Problems:

1. Inflammation, excessive bleeding, and deep vein thromosis which travels up to the lung (pulmonary embolism)https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lung-cancer/treatment/