What should be reexamined after lung cancer operation

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My father-in-law has a history of smoking for more than 40 years, so his lung is not very good all the time. He always coughs. Recently, he coughed and bled. He has been diagnosed with lung cancer and needs surgical treatment. Now let's talk about what to review after lung cancer surgery.

What should be reexamined after lung cancer operation

First, regular reexamination after lung cancer surgery is mainly to check whether there will be metastasis and recurrence. Reexamination can not prevent tumor metastasis, but can find cancer as soon as possible and take treatment measures as soon as possible. More than 5 years after operation, generally check once a year, the content is the same as the annual examination, if you do not want to continue to check.

Second, chest CT and blood test should be reexamined in the first month and the third month after lung cancer surgery. After that, chest CT, liver and adrenal color Doppler ultrasound, whole body bone isotope scan (ECT), head CT and blood test should be performed every six months.

Third: one year after lung cancer surgery, the reexamination found that the nodule is cancer, so it can't explain the metastasis, we need to pay attention to reexamination. Lung cancer postoperative review, to regularly check in the hospital, generally speaking, the first year after surgery, review once every three months. In the second year, the patients were reexamined every six months, and the cycle reexamination continued.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer surgery patients are usually easy to relapse and metastasize within six months to a year after surgery, so patients should do a good review, improve physical fitness and immunity is the most important, do not eat stimulating food, eating should be mainly light vegetables, pay attention to cold and warm.