According to the latest data from the WHO Agency for Research on Cancer in 2020, the incidence of breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer to become the most common cancer in the world, but the mortality rate of lung cancer far exceeds that of other cancers, which shows that the harm of lung cancer is quite serious.
However, if lung cancer is detected at an early stage and treated correctly and effectively, the prognosis is better. So how long can you live after early treatment of lung cancer? What should I pay attention to in the postoperative care of early-stage lung cancer?
1. How long can you live in the early stage of lung cancer?
In the early stage of lung cancer, the tumor is small, the degree of invasion and damage to the lung tissue is low, the degree of damage to the lung after surgical resection is low, and the survival rate of patients can reach more than 70% in 5 years after surgery, and the surgical treatment of early lung cancer can be minimally invasive, which can reduce the damage of thoracotomy to patients, recover quickly after surgery, and patients can return to normal life.
However, early stage lung cancer is recurrent after surgery, and patients need to take anti-tumor drugs for a long time after surgery and undergo regular re-examinations.
2. Precautions for postoperative nursing of lung cancer.
1. Maintain a good attitude
In fact, early lung cancer can be cured with correct treatment, and patients have no need to be afraid of fear, they should adjust their mentality in time, establish confidence, and actively cooperate with treatment, only in this way can they mobilize the anti-disease mechanism in the body and help postoperative recovery.
2. Eat a balanced and nutritious diet
The word hair is deeply ingrained in the hearts of Chinese, many times, especially after surgery, some people will say that this can not eat and that can not eat, in fact, there is no word hair in Western medicine theory, but people think that the food that is hair is just suitable for patients, especially after lung cancer surgery, the body is seriously damaged, should pay attention to timely nutrition supplementation, help the body to recover, but also need to pay attention to a balanced diet, to ensure a balanced nutritional intake.
3. Take your medication on time
Patients with early-stage lung cancer after surgery, because the operation itself requires the patient to take some drugs to promote wound healing, and at the same time, there is a certain chance of recurrence after lung cancer resection, and it is also necessary to cooperate with drug treatment, and some radiotherapy and chemotherapy methods may be taken after surgery, which are helpful for postoperative recovery, and patients should actively cooperate and take drugs on time.
4. Postoperative maintenance
The human lung respiratory tract is easily disturbed by external pathogens, and the lung respiratory tract of patients after lung cancer surgery is more likely to be invaded, so patients must pay attention to maintenance after surgery, take warm measures in cold winter weather to avoid colds, and take treatment as soon as possible if respiratory tract infection occurs, and should also stay away from air pollution and second-hand smoke.
5. Regularly review and pay attention to physical abnormalities
Early stage lung cancer has a certain chance of recurrence after surgery, and in addition to prevention, regular re-examination should be carried out to help detect abnormalities in time. In addition, patients should also pay attention to physical abnormalities, such as prolonged cough, coughing up blood, unexplained fever, etc., and seek medical attention in time.
To sum up, early stage lung cancer is good after surgery, as for how long you can live, it is related to the patient's physical fitness, lung cancer itself will not have a great impact on the patient, but the good prognosis is based on the correct postoperative care, the above 5 precautions, lung cancer patients must keep in mind after surgery, can help the body to return to a normal level.