When it comes to lung cancer, the common procedures used for treating this deadly disease are therapies such as radiation and chemo therapies. This is a well know fact but have you ever imagined the risk and cost involved behind these procedures. The sad fact is that when such radioactive therapies are used for treating lung cancer patients they not only affect and destroy the tumor cells but also have a considerable effect on healthy cells. The drugs which are used in such therapies have a destructive consequence on bone marrow and gastro intestinal tract. Therefore it has become necessary to find an alternative way of treating cancer minimizing its effect on healthy tissues. One such alternate is a procedure called cryotherapy or cryosurgery which involves the mechanism of necrosis. This procedure operates by suspending and dissolving of tumor cells with the help of liquid nitrogen. The side effect of this kind of procedure is minimal. Therefore this has gained popularity over recent years and is widely used to treat large number of patients these days.

Undergoing therapies such as chemo and radiation therapy becomes a part of person’s routine once he/she is diagnosed with lung cancer. The number of days they got left in this world purely depends on how often they receive such treatments. But the risk involved in undergoing such therapies is that however the doctors try and focus these radiations to cancer cells some part of healthy cells will definitely be exposed to these radiations which may result in undesirable side effects in patients whose tissues are very sensitive to radioactive exposure. So doctors have come up with an innovative method of treating cancer to solve this issue. In this method radioactive seeds or sources of radiation are located at spots where tumor cells have been developed so that it receives an higher dose of radiation exposure and at the same time healthy tissues are prevented from being exposed to such radiations. This method is termed as brachytherapy which in Greek means short distance therapy. With the help of computers this kind of treatment could be performed to high precision.

Various therapies have been used for quite a long time in order to treat lung cancer. But the drawback of using therapies is that they are associated with a certain level of toxicity. And the cure may not be permanent either. Cancer cells may start to grow again after certain period of time when treated with therapies. Doctors believe that the better way of treating lung cancer would be formulating a drug delivery system which will deliver agents capable of bolting down the tumors in the lung tissues and serve as fighting agents against reformation of tumors. Nanoparticles can serve this purpose. In recent days porous nano particles made up of silica which can be inhaled into the tissues of lungs have been used for treating lung cancer. They were found to produce better results in harnessing the tumors when compared to other methods of treatment. They proved to be effective not only in humans but also in animals like dogs and cats. This has proved to be a major breakthrough in treating the disease but it has not been put into use effectively.

When it comes to lung cancer, the earlier you diagnose the disease better is your chance of surviving it. Many doctors agree with this fact and strongly believe that number of deaths due to lung cancer is high because in many cases they are not able to diagnose the disease at the initial stage. Therefore detecting the disease at the preliminary stage is given prime importance these days. Many researches are being carried out to serve this purpose across the world. Specifically, Presbyterian hospital located at newyork are on this task round the clock. They have recently proposed that by using low dose CT-scan the tumors could be identified at much early stage than it could be on X-rays. The former provides crosswise and erectile images of human body which makes it easy to detect any developing tumors in the tissues. They have discovered that with early diagnosis there is seventy percent chance in increasing the patient’s survival period by five to six years. This is definitely good news for those affected by the deadly disease.

Once a person is affected by lung cancer the general conclusion that one arrives at is they have to start counting their final days in this world. Most people have an obscure estimation about the disease that there is no permanent cure for it. But American doctors don’t agree with this notion as they have different views about treating the disease. Americans have always been leading innovators in every field and medicinal field is no exception to them. They believe that cancer patients have a fair chance in surviving by combining treatments such as chemotherapies and radiation therapies. They also perform supportive therapies such as nutrition therapy which aims at sustaining the disease with healthy nutrition and mind-body medicine. In addition to these, for treating patients with complex or advanced stage lung cancer they adopt a method known as interventional pulmonology. People generally think that they have no other option than die once they have been diagnosed with cancer. The latest innovations serve the purpose of building up faith in such people.