Treatment Options

Treatment depends on the type and stage of a patient's lung cancer. Options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery or a combination of these treatments.

Surgery

Stamford Hospital is known for expertise in minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of lung cancer. This includes utilizing the da Vinci Surgical Platform, which enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions and with unmatched precision. For our patients, the potential benefits of minimally invasive procedures like these, include less pain, less blood loss and less need for blood transfusions. Moreover, it can result in a shorter hospital stay, a quicker recovery and faster return to normal daily activities.

In addition, we also offer advanced airway surgery, including laser resection and bronchoscopic-guided bronchial stenting.

Chemotherapy

Progress has been made in the use of chemotherapy for lung cancer patients. Systemic chemotherapy is often given to advanced disease patients, and is being used more frequently as post-operative adjuvant therapy. We also utilize hyperthermic chemotherapy perfusion for pleural-based tumors, metastatic disease and mesothelioma.

In some instances, radiation therapy is employed simultaneously with chemotherapy, or in sequence with it. The newer targeted therapies, given either with chemotherapy or as single agents, have added to the overall effectiveness of lung cancer treatment.

Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is often an important component of lung cancer treatment. It can serve as an alternative to surgery, be used in conjunction with chemotherapy, and can also be effective in relieving specific symptoms. We offer CyberKnife® radiosurgery treatment for lung tumors in non-surgical candidates at our own CyberKnife Center, the first such center in the region. Our program provides multidisciplinary care for advanced disease, as well as neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation to shrink large "unresectable" tumors so they can be surgically removed.

For more information or to make an appointment please call
1-877-233-WELL (9355).