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Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer is another silent killer, the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most death cause in women after breast cancer Lung

Cancer is another silent killer, the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most death cause in women after breast cancer. The annual death toll is 1.3 million worldwide. Lung Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, derived from epithelial cells.

Symptoms

Shortness of breath
Coughing (including coughing up blood)
Weight loss

Diagnosis

clubbing -changes in the tissue of the nail beds
Cyanosis - a bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood,
chest X-ray
CT (computerized axial tomography scan, or CAT scan) scans
CT scan (or spiral CT scan)

Types of Lung Cancer

Small Cell Lung Cancer
Non Small Cell Lung cancer

Cause:

Tobacco Smoking is the prime cause for lung cancer

Treatment

Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is sometimes treated with surgery
Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) usually responds better to chemotherapy and radiation.
- Hemotherapy
- radiation therapy
- Surgery
- Brain prophylactic radiation
- Treatment of recurrence
- Targeted therapy
- Photodynamic therapy (PDT)
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
- Experimental therapies

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