Treating Stage Two Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer
Treating Stage Two Lung Cancer
Stage 2 lung cancer means that your cancer is in your lung and has spread to at least one lymph node. Surgery to remove a lobe of the lung (a lobectomy) and the affected lymph node(s) is the first-line treatment for stage 2 lung cancer. In some cases chemotherapy may be recommended to shrink the tumor before surgery. However, there is a 50% chance that the cancer will come back.
Adding chemotherapy after surgery can lower the chances that your lung cancer will return by destroying any cancer cells that might have been left behind after surgery.
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Stage 2 lung cancer means that your cancer is in your lung and has spread to at least one lymph node. Surgery to remove a lobe of the lung (a lobectomy) and the affected lymph node(s) is the first-line treatment for stage 2 lung cancer. In some cases chemotherapy may be recommended to shrink the tumor before surgery. However, there is a 50% chance that the cancer will come back.
Adding chemotherapy after surgery can lower the chances that your lung cancer will return by destroying any cancer cells that might have been left behind after surgery.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Treatment: Early Stages
Treatment: Stage Three
There are several types of lung cancer surgery, and the decision about which is best is based largely on the location of your cancer, its size and whether it has started to spread.
Treatment: Surgery
There are several types of lung cancer surgery, and the decision about which is best is based largely on the location of your cancer, its size and whether it has started to spread.