What are treatments for pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis?
What are treatments for pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis?
Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis treatment typically combines treatments that target your original cancer and treatments to keep you comfortable such as antibiotics, oxygen and steroids. Other treatments might include:
- Chemotherapy. This treatment uses drugs to destroy cancer cells.
- Hormone therapy. Hormone therapy treats cancer by blocking the production of certain hormones, blocking cancer cell hormone receptors or substituting lab-made hormones that the cancer cells can’t affect.