Understanding Lung Cancer

" Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the US. When it strikes it can often be fatal. But it is also one of the most preventable cancers. So it's important to know the facts about this very serious disease."

" Lung cancer is of course one of the more common cancers in Canada and the United States it's by far. The leading cause of cancer related death. About a 15260000. Americans. Every year die of lung cancer or roughly one American every three and a half minutes."

" Somebody said it's the equivalent of a fully loaded Jumbo jet crashing every day of the year for 365. Days. This exceeded breast cancer in women. As to the cause of death from cancer that's a big health problem what is the reason for that. 80%. All the patients present with an advanced patients the cancer has metastasized. In different orders as is no longer operable. That's sort of only 20% our candidate for surgery within expectations here."

" There are several risk factors for lung cancer but one by far stand -- we know that 90%. Or thereabouts. Are caused by smoking and therefore we want people to stop smoking -- conforms. However there is a percentage 10% in May be as high as 15%. Which is nonsmoking. It means around 25000. Cases of cancer. The long each year our current and individuals who have never smile."

" Aside from smoking other risk factors can include air pollution from so it sulfur dioxide or the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to radon gas as best -- or other airborne carcinogens can also increased risk. Lung cancer when diagnosed falls into two main categories."

" We tend to -- lung cancer due to broad categories. Small cell lung cancer which represented somewhere around fifteen to maybe Macs only 20% among change. This is a very rapidly growing form of cancer. That is virtually always widely disseminated. That is spread or metastasized. As soon as it is not notes. And then there is a category called non small cell lung cancer misrepresents the majority -- wrong. These cancers are sometimes confined to the chest when initially diagnosed he can be removed with an operation. Unfortunately. And probably anywhere from sixty to 75% of cases even non small -- receiver -- spread to other parts of the -- Making surgery ineffective. In itself doesn't treat this disease."

" The symptoms of lung cancer can include. A persistent cough. Coughing up blood. Shortness of breath wheezing or coarseness. Loss of appetite -- fatigue. Swelling of the face and neck. Repeated bouts of bronchitis or pneumonia. And pain in the chest shoulder -- back. But pain can sometimes indicate that the cancer has already spread. Painted with cancer may or may not occur from a primary cancer oftentimes primary cancers are not painful which is why there aren't attacked. For quite some time because people may not have symptoms at all so for example primary lung cancer is not typically painful the pain they cause is usually from spratt. To other places when lung cancer does spread it can make an already serious disease even worse. In a large percentage of times when lung cancer spreads to other sites the body they died from complications. Of the spratt. So spread to the brain well obviously reach a tremendous complications spread to deliver their results and ultimately liver failure. -- to the -- may lead to complications like fractures. Fractures and lead you to be in mobile. When you're mobile you're more likely to get blood clots. If you need surgery are more prone to infection. And so oftentimes people -- of the complications. Of cancer having spread to other sites and trying to treat it. Rather than for example. Organ failure. Though lung cancer is often fatal there is some good news for those living with this disease. --"

" if there's any good news for her for anyone who's diagnosed with the disease lung cancer I think what we can't say though is that patients with lung cancer. Today are living far longer than they were just a decade or so don't know. But we have a long way to go before we aren't really conference disease he truly as -- as -- scourge -- our society."