In stage one lung cancer, the tumor diameter is small and there is no spread to lymph nodes or other organs. In the information below, you can find information about the treatment method at this stage. Submit your questions to us in the Ask Question section at the end of the page.
Please provide sufficient information about your patient in your questions (such as age, general condition, other diseases). Don’t just write the movie or pathology report and don’t ask for it to be interpreted.
I wish all patients a speedy recovery.
First Stage Lung Cancer
First stage lung cancer is usually detected only by films taken during check-up, when the patient has no complaints. The cancer is smaller than 5 cm and has not spread anywhere, including the lymph nodes. It is the earliest stage in lung cancer. Further examinations (such as PET-CT, brain MRI, EBUS, mediastinoscopy, etc.) revealed that the cancer did not spread to the lymph nodes or any other organ. Treatment results in patients with first stage lung cancer are better than all other stages.
1. Stage Lung Cancer Symptoms
Lung cancer in the first stage usually does not cause any symptoms because it is small. Sometimes, non-cancer-related knee pain and fatigue may occur. The important thing is that people who have smoked for a long time or are currently smokers and are over 55 years old should be followed up with low-dose, screening CT once a year. Stage one lung cancer can only be detected in this way.
1. Stage Lung Cancer Treatment
- Treatment of stage one lung cancer is surgical removal of the cancerous lobe.
- first of all, closed-endoscopic method-VATS should be preferred.
- Click here for everything you need to know about lung cancer surgery
- Chemotherapy or radiotherapy is not required after surgery.
- On average, they can be discharged after staying in the hospital for 4 or 5 days.
- They can do all their activities within 2 weeks after the surgery.
- The rate of complete recovery from the disease after surgery in first stage lung cancer is the highest among all lung cancer stages
Post-Treatment Follow-up Protocol
The follow-up protocols of the patients after the first stage lung cancer surgery were determined as follows according to the international guidelines:
- First 2 years: Examination every 3 months and simple laboratory tests. Computed tomography scan once every 6 months
- Next 3 years: Examination and simple laboratory tests every 6 months. Computed tomography once a year
- In later years: CT scan once a year