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Management

  • If you have a larger lung cancer, your doctor may recommend chemotherapy or radiation therapy before surgery in order to shrink the cancer.6
  • If there's a risk that cancer cells were left behind after surgery or that your cancer may recur, your doctor may recommend chemotherapy or radiation therapy after surgery.6
  • Close to 70% of patients with lung cancer present with locally advanced or metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Chemotherapy is beneficial for patients with metastatic disease, and the administration of concurrent chemotherapy and radiation is indicated for stage III lung cancer.6
  • When feasible, surgical resection remains the single most consistent and successful option for cure.  During surgery, your surgeon may also remove lymph nodes from your chest to check them for signs of cancer6

SURGERY: OPEN OR MINIMALLY INVASIVE?

If surgery is a recommended option, your surgeon will use one of two approaches to treat Lung cancer: Traditional open surgery or minimally invasive surgery. Both have the same purpose — to remove the cancer. The key difference is how they access it. There are benefits of receiving surgery minimal invasively such as:7,8,9,10,11

BENEFITS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

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Faster healing time8

Fewer reported complications7,9,11

Less invasive9 and less painful10

Smaller chance of infections7,9,11

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