Sobering facts on lung cancertext editorEmerging Infectious Diseases
according to the American Cancer Society. Up to 20 percent of people in the U.S. who die of lung cancer have never smoked, the ACS notes. Exposure to radon gas, secondhand smoke, work-related toxins like asbestos and air pollution are among top environmental risk...
Early-stage lung cancer has the highest cure rates when surgical resection of the tumor is performed with or without chemotherapy for NSCLC and chemoradiotherapy for SCLC.3,6,7In earlier stages of NSCLC, the treatment options can be based on the staging of the disease: local disease (stage I...
Facts on Cancer What is Cancer Disease? Cancer disease is the general collection of diseases that are caused by abnormal, uncontrolled growth, metastasis, or an invasion in a group of cells. Most Common Type of Cancer The most common cancer diseases in men and women are reported by the Natio...
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Malignant lung cancers can be separated into two categories. These are the non-small cell cancers (NSCLC) and the small cell lung cancers (SCLC). Such a division is based on the kind of cell in which the cancer originates. Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) ...
Lung CancerCostsScreeningThe war on cancer was declared 40 years ago. While the potential for reducing deaths is increasing, so are the costs. Finding the right prioritization in our complex world is difficult; we present some interesting facts regarding other wars and aspects of society that are...
Worldwide, the type of cancer with the highest number of cases diagnosed in 2022, was trachea, bronchus, and lung, with almost 2.5 million cases, followed by breast and colorectum cancer. Lung cancer is also the deadliest type of cancer, accounting for 18.7 percent of all deaths from canc...
One of the best ways to promote good lung health is to avoid cigarette smoke because at least 70 out of the 7,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke damage the cells in the lungs. According to the Mayo Clinic, people who smoke have the greatest risk of lung cancer. The more a person smokes...
How does someone get lung cancer? How do they know they have it? These are the types of facts you will need to know to answer the multiple choice questions found on this quiz/worksheet combo. Quiz & Worksheet Goals Quiz topics include: ...