Clinically, there are patients who are concerned about the problem of 5-year survival, which reminds me of a patient who was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2019, and the follow-up examination has been stable over the years. However, there are also patients who die only 1 year after being diagnosed with lung cancer, so why are they all lung cancers, but the outcome is different?
The length of cancer survival is related to the following:
1.Stage of cancer.
The survival of cancer patients is related to the stage of the disease itself. To put it simply, there is a big difference between early lung cancer and advanced lung cancer in terms of means, postoperative assistance, and postoperative recovery. If there is no invasion and metastasis in the early stage, surgery can be performed**; In some cases, a small number of assists may be performed to take into account the risk of metastasis. However, if the disease is already in an advanced stage, then a combination is often performed**, and the prognosis may be worse in the later stage than in the early stage, which is a very common situation.
2.Cancer classification.
Typing is also a key factor in patient survival. Lung cancer, for example, is divided into non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, of which small cell lung cancer is more likely to metastasize in the process, which is difficult and has a relatively poor prognosis in the later stage. However, small cell lung cancer is often more sensitive to chemotherapy, so chemotherapy is often used as a first-line means for small cell lung cancer.
3.Acceptance of the specification**.
There are many cancer methods, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeting, immunity, etc., so in the face of these methods, some patients are very entangled in which one has the best effect. In fact, the best way to determine the best plan is to find the attending doctor, bring your own pathology report, and formulate it according to the patient's own situation.
4.Postoperative conditioning.
The main ones are dietary modification and psychological support.
After the patient's digestion will be affected to a certain extent, so the principle of eating less and more meals should be adopted, such as eating 4-5 meals a day, which can avoid the occurrence of indigestion and other conditions, and at the same time, it can also enable the patient to better absorb the nutrients in the meals. At the same time, pay attention to supplementing foods rich in protein and vitamins.
During the postoperative recovery period, we should pay attention to maintaining a relaxed mood, cancer is a relatively long process, we must be psychologically prepared, you can communicate with patients at ordinary times, share your anti-cancer experience, support each other, and firmly fight cancer, you are really amazing!