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Treatment of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer may include the following:
- External radiation therapy as palliative therapy, to relieve pain and other lung cancer symptoms and improve the quality of life
- Chemotherapy
- Laser therapy and/or internal radiation therapy.
Treatment of recurrent non-small cell lung cancer may include the following:
- External radiation therapy as palliative therapy, to relieve pain and other symptoms and improve the quality of life
- Chemotherapy alone
- Surgery (for some patients who have a very small amount of cancer that has spread to the brain)
- Laser therapy or internal radiation therapy
- Radiosurgery (for certain patients who cannot have standard surgery).