What should I do if lung cancer metastasizes to the ribs?

Rib metastasis of lung cancer refers to the transfer of cancer cells to the corresponding bones through the blood. It often occurs in the ribs, chest, lumbar spine, pelvis and other metastatic sites, so attention should be paid to scientific treatment, which includes chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

1. Chemotherapy

Systemic chemotherapy can control the development of bone metastasis and relieve pain while treating the primary lung lesions. Therefore, it can not only relieve pain, but also kill cancer cells and control their growth. In particular, the combined chemotherapy regimen based on high-dose cisplatin is more effective. In some cases, when reviewing X-rays, it was found that the bone metastases had disappeared and new cortical bone had formed. Since there may be potential micrometastases in other organs of the body when lung cancer metastasizes to the bone, combined systemic chemotherapy can treat other potential metastases while treating bone metastases. There is also zoledronic acid, which is mainly used to treat bone metastasis.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy can be divided into several methods such as cobalt-60 irradiation, deep x-ray machine and linear accelerator. For isolated bone metastases, after the lung lesions are controlled and stabilized by chemotherapy, high-dose, short-course radiotherapy can be given to relieve pain, kill cancer cells, and control the development of lesions. About 50% of patients can completely relieve pain after radiotherapy, and about 75% of patients can significantly reduce pain.

3. Biological immunotherapy

Biological immunotherapy is a new type of treatment method for autoimmune cancer. It is mainly a new type of treatment method for autoimmune cancer. It is a method that uses biotechnology and biological agents to culture and amplify immune cells collected from the patient's body in vitro and then return them to the patient's body to stimulate and enhance the body's own immune function, thereby achieving the purpose of treating tumors.