Chemotherapy for lung cancer is given like any other chemotherapy treatment is a process of destroying the cancer cells by the in take of anti- cancer drugs. By distrusting the cancer cells the chemotherapy for lung cancer cures the disease. There are many chemotherapy drugs for lung cancer. Generally chemotherapy for lung cancer is treated by either injecting the drugs into the veins or by taking the chemotherapy pills prescribed by the doctor. Like every other treatment chemotherapy for lung cancer also have side effects. Though side effects occur rarely those that may occur can be controlled by the way of medicine. There is no need for the patient to stay in the hospital during the course of treatment when infected with lung cancer, the patients can get the tablets from the out patient ward and can have the tablets as prescribed by the doctor at home. It necessary that they follow the correct dosages. If required they can stay in the for two or three days but this is only in rare cases. Concurrent chemotherapy for lung cancer is a combination of both chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Here the advantage is that the patient is quickly cured by getting benefited by the both the treatments.