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If your cancer hasn't spread very far, your doctor might recommend surgery, chemotherapy and possibly radiation. If you do not have surgery, your doctor will recommend chemotherapy and radiation therapy (called chemoradiotherapy) followed by an immunotherapy drug. You may also receive other treatment options during the course of treating your cancer. It is important to talk about how you can manage your symptoms and side effects.
Select the options you would like to discuss with your doctor.
Surgery:
Surgery involves removing part of or the entire lung.
Chemotherapy:
Chemotherapy uses intravenous drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy can also kill healthy cells and may cause side effects, which your doctor will help you manage.
Radiation Therapy:
Radiation therapy uses powerful, high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells and/or keep them from growing. Radiation is usually targeted to the chest area but for people with small-cell lung cancer, they might also get brain radiation to prevent the lung cancer from spreading to the brain.
Immunotherapy:
Immunotherapy harnesses the power of the immune system to fight the cancer. Some immunotherapy drugs require you to have certain levels of a protein in your tumor called PD-L1.
Clinical Trial:
Your doctor may want to test your tumor for certain mutations that are causing your tumor to grow. If you have one of these mutations, your doctor might recommended a clinical trial where you could receive a drug that directly targets these mutations. Ask your doctor if tumor testing is right for you.
Help Managing Symptoms:
A team of medical professionals will help you manage your symptoms and any physical or emotional side effects, so you can maintain a good quality of life.
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