Patients diagnosed with NSCLC that is too advanced to be cured can be given palliative therapies to ease pain and discomfort, including radiation.

• 医生们通常会给那些病情发展到晚期、无法治愈的非小细胞肺癌患者实施包括放射疗法在内的治疗，以减轻癌症带来的疼痛和不适。