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The mainstay of early stage lung cancer treatment is surgical removal, sometimes augmented by chemotherapy and radiation. Locally advanced cancer may involve a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, in different treatment sequences. In advanced cases, chemotherapy is the main treatment, with radiation or ablation sometimes used to control symptoms. Clinical trials could be offered for patients in all stages of the disease.
Read more about each of these options:
Lung Cancer Unit
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
(866) 773-2703 |