Comprehensive Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Bangalore
Lung cancer is more commonly seen in smokers. They usually present with chronic cough, bleeding on cough or chest pain.
Diagnosis is done by bronchoscopy or CT guided biopsy. Staging is usually done by PET CECT scan.
After diagnosis and staging our expert oncologists plan a personalized treatment protocol. Our Cancer hospital is regarded by most patients as best cancer in hospital for treatment of lung cancer in bangalore. We have the best cure rates and ensure our patients have very good quality of life post treatment.
Lung cancer surgery
Lung cancer is treated by removal of the entire lung with tumor, this is called pneumonectomy. If the tumor is small, then only a part of lung is removed which is called as lobectomy. Surgery is completed with lymph node dissection also known systematic lymph node dissection.
Minimally invasive surgery (Key hole surgery)
Chest incisions have lot of issues like pain, difficulty in breathing, lung infections etc. Minimally invasive surgeries considerably reduce these complications
Robotic and laparoscopic surgery are two types of key hole surgery. These newer techniques reduce lung infections ad breathing difficulty due to pain. These techniques also ensure minimal scars, less blood loss, very less pain and rapid recovery with early discharge.
Stage IV lung cancer
Some patients with stage IV lung cancer respond very well to immunotherapy and have long life with good quality. Our expert oncologists identify such patients after genetic and mutation analysis to offer state of art treatment for great outcomes.
