4/21/08

Lung cancer chemotherapy attention to what matters?

1. At present, lung cancer chemotherapy generally can not achieve radical, there is a certain stage of chemotherapy may be treated with surgery or radiotherapy, and to enhance local or regional tumor control. At the same time, chemotherapy should as far as possible in accordance with the patient's tolerance to higher doses. For lung cancer chemotherapy, a certain degree of bone marrow suppression and gastrointestinal reactions is difficult to avoid, treatment of the patient should also be in accordance with the appropriate response and increased efficacy, as far as possible to achieve complete remission.

2. The treatment interval, as in the existing drug toxicity after treatment often lasted several weeks, each week during the interval since the beginning date of chemotherapy every four to six weeks, but must disappear after drug toxicity by Under a course.

3. In the process of stopping chemotherapy or dressing indications.
1 ~ 2 treatment of disease still progress, although stabilizing or in the rest period deteriorate again.
Toxicity of 3 ~ 4, a definite threat to the health of patients.
There are complications, such as fever> 38 degrees, or bleeding tendency.
The rapid deterioration of the general situation of the patients, there cachexia.

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