6. Pain care After lung cancer surgery, there will be some pain at the site of the surgical wound. If the pain is unbearable, family members should learn to comfort the patient, or distract him by watching TV, listening to music, or doing things that the patient likes to do....
Thoracentesis.This test helps diagnose lung cancer and ease symptoms such as shortness of breath. The doctor uses a needle to remove fluid from the area between the lining of your chest wall and lungs. If the fluid tests negative for cancer cells, then your doctor may do VATS to examine t...
The action and activity of proteins in cancerous cells is an area of study that has provided us with many therapeutic targets. However, the targeted activation of tumor-suppressor proteins has not been readily achieved in the clinic.doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.18None...
However, it has been found that cancer can be promoted by large doses of some compounds that are chemopreventive when consumed in foods. One famous example is beta-carotene, which helps to prevent lung cancer when consumed in the diet but promotes lung cancer when take in high doses as a...
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Installed in a hybrid OR, ARTIS pheno offers a one-stop workflow for the resection of small pulmonary nodules. Yao Fong, Head of Thoracic Surgery, says that the high-end robotic imaging system has allowed him and his team to improve lung cancer therapies and develop new treatment approaches....
In search of perspectives pertaining to the selection of invasive procedures for evaluating patients with lung cancer, data from other centers were considered, and our recent consecutive experience with 40 lung cancer patients was reviewed. Cost estimates for the least and the most complete use of ...
So if you have cancer but aren't insured yet, or you are insured but still need financial assistance, don't assume there isn't help – and don't wait until your financial picture clears up to look for it. "Some diagnoses you can get away with not treating for a while, but that...
The time it takes for lung cancer to develop varies. It takes several years for cancer to develop in the lungs. Early lung cancer does not alert obvious physical changes. Moreover, patients can live with lung cancer for many years before they show any si
Lung cancerdoesn’t usually cause symptoms until it’s advanced (also referred to as late-stage cancer). That’s because yourlungshave few nerve endings, so tumors can grow there without causing pain. If you have any of the signs above, see your doctor to get tested forlung cancerand oth...