Lung cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest incidence and the worst prognosis.
Generally speaking, lung cancer can only be clinically cured if it survives for 5 years after surgery, and it may survive for a long time, which belongs to radical cure.
Surgical resection is the only possible way to cure lung cancer.
The thoroughness of surgical resection is the most critical factor to determine the postoperative curative effect and long-term survival of lung cancer.
Surgical resection,
In addition to removing the lung lobe where the tumor is located,
Half of the more important work to be done is mediastinal lymph node dissection.
It is not enough to remove mediastinal lymph nodes. There may be cancer metastasis and cancer residue in the surrounding adipose tissue. It must be removed together with the adipose tissue around the lymph nodes to meet the anatomical requirements, reduce and avoid the residual metastatic lymphoid tissue, that is, reduce and avoid the residual cancer, and improve the chances of long-term survival after lung cancer surgery. If the resection is not complete, it will recur soon and then metastasize far away.
Thorough surgical resection is the most critical factor to cure lung cancer.