What to eat for advanced lung cancer

Generally, patients with advanced lung cancer can consume foods such as eggs, fish meat, broccoli, pears, and yams, as well as medications including Gefitinib Tablets, Erlotinib Hydrochloride Tablets, Osimertinib Mesylate Tablets, Crizotinib Capsules, and Anlotinib Hydrochloride Capsules. If there are any concerns, it is recommended to seek medical advice in advance. Detailed explanations are as follows:

I. Foods

1. Eggs: Rich in high-quality protein, eggs provide essential nutritional support to help maintain muscle strength and immune function. They are suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer to supplement nutrition and can be consumed boiled, steamed, or as steamed egg custard.

2. Fish Meat: Contains easily digestible high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids, which can supply energy without overburdening the gastrointestinal tract, helping to improve the patient's physical condition. Light preparations such as steaming are recommended.

3. Broccoli: Rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, and various antioxidant substances, broccoli provides nutrition, promotes intestinal motility, and is suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer as part of a vegetable diet. It can be stir-fried or blanched and then served cold.

4. Pears: Containing abundant water and vitamins, pears can moisturize the respiratory tract, relieve discomfort such as coughing, and are sweet-tasting and easily digestible. They can be eaten raw or boiled into a pear drink.

5. Yams: Known for strengthening the spleen and improving digestion, yams promote digestion and absorption, providing energy to the body. They are suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer who have weakened gastrointestinal function and can be steamed, cooked into porridge, or stir-fried.

II. Medications

1. Gefitinib Tablets: An epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor that inhibits tumor cell proliferation. It is indicated for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer harboring sensitive epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations.

2. Erlotinib Hydrochloride Tablets: Inhibits tumor cell growth and is used for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen, helping to prolong patient survival.

3. Osimertinib Mesylate Tablets: Indicated for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor T790M mutation-positive status who have experienced disease progression during or after treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

4. Crizotinib Capsules: Inhibits anaplastic lymphoma kinase and c-MET tyrosine kinases and is used to treat patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

5. Anlotinib Hydrochloride Capsules: Inhibits tumor angiogenesis and tumor cell proliferation and is indicated for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have progressed or relapsed after receiving at least two prior systemic chemotherapy regimens.

Nutritionally balanced and easily digestible diets are important for patients with advanced lung cancer, focusing on foods rich in protein and vitamins while avoiding spicy and greasy foods.