01. What is lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the lungs. Lung cancer is often referred to in clinical practice as a malignant tumor that originates in the bronchial and alveoli, also known as primary broncholung cancer.
02. Why should we pay attention to lung cancer?
The latest statistics in 2020 show that lung cancer is the malignant tumor with the highest incidence and mortality rate in China, and the newly discovered cases of lung cancer in China accounted for 23 of the new cases in the world in 202068%, and about 30% of the world's deaths16%。In view of its high morbidity and mortality rate, combined with factors such as air pollution and the large number of smokers in China, concern about lung cancer has become an increasingly prominent problem.
03. Who is susceptible to lung cancer?
04. What are the symptoms of lung cancer?
05. What are the common methods for diagnosing lung cancer?
1.Imaging examination: mainly includes chest X-ray, chest CT, bone scan, head MRI, PET-CT, etc., which are mainly used for lung cancer diagnosis, staging, re-staging, efficacy testing and prognosis evaluation;
2.Endoscopy: bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy, thoracoscopy, etc., of which bronchoscopy is the most commonly used method for diagnosing lung cancer;
3.Laboratory tests: including blood routine, blood biochemical tests, and tumor marker tests (such as CEA, NSE, CYFRA21-1, PROGRP, etc.), the combination of the above indicators can improve the accuracy of distinguishing SCLC and NSCLC;
4.Pathological examination: it is the final basis for the diagnosis of lung cancer, which is divided into histopathology and cytopathology;
5.Driver gene testing: including EGFR gene mutations and ALK fusion gene testing, can improve the effectiveness and targeting.
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