How often does lung cancer receive radiotherapy

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My uncle was diagnosed with lung cancer due to coughing and hematemesis. Under the doctor's advice, he has had surgery and is doing radiotherapy. Now his condition is gradually recovering, and his condition has obviously improved. Now there are more and more people with lung cancer. How often does lung cancer receive radiotherapy? What problems should we pay attention to in diet? Now let me share my experience with you.

How often does lung cancer receive radiotherapy

First, radiotherapy is generally five times a week for several weeks. The total amount of radiotherapy is divided into multiple groups, which can make normal cells have a chance to recover at the weekend, thus helping to protect healthy body tissues. Lung cancer patients can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. The most common symptoms of lung cancer are small cell lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. The common tumor associated syndromes include: pulmonary osteoarthropathy syndrome (clubbing finger, swelling and pain of bone and joint, periosteal hyperplasia, etc.), bone metastasis, brain metastasis, etc. According to the patient's physical condition, we can choose radiotherapy and chemotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, cell biological treatment, I125 seed implantation treatment.

Second, during the radiotherapy of lung cancer, we can adopt the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, triple balance therapy as adjuvant treatment. There is no conflict between radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. On the contrary, it can complement each other, strengthen the curative effect, reduce the side effects of radiotherapy, inhibit and eliminate tumors, so as to achieve better therapeutic effect.

Third, generally, there will be nausea after radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Oral administration of vitamin B6, metoclopramide, and chlorpheniramine can reduce nausea. If vomiting is serious, intramuscular injection of metoclopramide can be used as well as oral administration of chlorpheniramine. The simplest method is to press Neiguan and Zusanli with hands.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer patients after radiotherapy, many will have nausea symptoms, so drink more water, can alleviate stomach discomfort, according to their hobbies choose high calorie, high protein, high cellulose, easy to digest food, avoid sweet, fried, high-fat diet. To ensure adequate sleep, appropriate to do some of the activities, and postoperative physical exercise. During chemotherapy, reduce going out, timely increase or decrease clothes, avoid cold, can eat food.