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Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Treatment
If the cancer is in the chest and no evidence of spread to other parts, surgery is the primary treatment for all cancers of the lung. You can perform three types of surgery:
* Wedge resection: removal of only a small part of the lung
* Lobectomy-removal of a lung lobe
* Pneumonectomy: removal of entire lung
* VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopy) by this procedure, which can be diagnostic and therapeutic, the surgeon places a flexible tube into an incision in the chest and can visually inspect the surfaces near the internal and external coatings lung area, and can even Surgery to remove abnormal areas. Compared to a major operation called a thoracotomy, is a less invasive procedure. Read the rest of this entry »