Animation - Treatment and Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
This animation explains how most patients with small cell lung cancer are treated. Most patients receive chemotherapy (or "chemo" for short) and radiation therapy. There are also supportive treatments to ease pain and discomfort; prevent and treat side effects; help you deal with stress and anxiety; and if you have not already done so, to help you stop smoking. Palliative treatments also exist to ease symptoms and improve quality of life.
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What kind of surgery is used for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)?
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What factors determine the extent of lung cancer surgery?
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Is surgery an option for small cell lung cancer?
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What is chemotherapy? When is it needed?
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What is radiation therapy? When is it needed?
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What is targeted therapy? When is it needed?
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What is immune therapy? When is it needed?
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What is genomic testing? And why is it needed?
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What is a clinical trial?
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Is a “Placebo” always used in a controlled clinical trial?
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When would a patient with lung cancer consider “Palliative Care”?
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What should a patient think when their doctor says: “We do not want to do surgery”?
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What is a “lobectomy”?
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What is a lung ablation?
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Can you have lung ablation after radiation therapy?
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What is “percutaneous ablation”?
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What is a “wedge surgery”?
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What are “lung sparing techniques”?
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What is a segmentectomy?
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What is an EGFR mutation for lung cancer?
