How Do You Explore Chemotherapy For Lung Cancer Treatment?
Lung cancer most often occurs when patients are exposed to carcinogens which encourage the growth of abnormal cells or tumors on or in the lungs. One of the first types of treatment most patients with lung cancer explore is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy involves the use of toxic drugs to kill abnormal cancer cells or prevent them from growing and spreading to other parts of the body. Chemotherapy is often used in the treatment of both small cell and non-small cell lung cancers. Most doctors prefer to use chemotherapy as the treatment of choice for small cell lung cancer. This type of cancer is usually aggressive and needs an equally aggressive form of treatment. Chemotherapy is not generally used on its own for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Instead, doctors feel this treatment may be appropriate for prolonging survival or increasing the rate of success of other forms of treatment, such as surgery and radiation. Chemotherapy can be given in pill form or intravenously. In som
