The treatment depends on the type of lung cancer, its stage, and the general health and age of the patient.

Surgery

There are many kinds of surgery for lung cancer:

• Pneumonectomy: one entire lung is removed
• Lobectomy: a section (lobe) of the lung is removed
• Segmentectomy/wedge resection: part of a lobe is removed
• Laser surgery: a high-energy beam of light destroys the cancer cells in a tumour

Radiation therapy

Chemotherapy may be used after surgery as palliative care for some types of lung cancer.

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