Lung cancer incidence continues to rise among women, but has plateaued among men, with 177,000 total new US cases expected in 1996. Smoking cessation, avoidance of workplace and home chemical hazards, and early detection are still the best prevention and treatment strategies.Jame...
Lung cancer is one of the deadliest of all cancers. New science emerging in the areas of prevention, interception and treatment could improve outcomes in the future.Credit: SPL/ZEPHYR/Getty Images We aim to eliminate cancer,” says oncologist Peter Lebowitz. “We talk about it a lot; it’s...
Treatment of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Treatment Options Depending on the stage of the lung cancer, the aims of treatment may be for cure, control of disease for prolongation of survival or management of symptoms and prevention of complications to improve quality of life. Forlocalised non-small ...
Most lung tumors are malignant. This means that they invade and destroy the healthy tissues around them and can spread throughout the body. The lung is a bad place for a cancer to arise because it contains a very rich network of both blood vessels and lymphatic channels through which cancer...
Treatment Radiation Chemo/Other Therapies Life Expectancy Prevention What is lung cancer? Cancer of the lung, like all cancers, results from an abnormality in the body's basic unit of life, the cell. Normally, the body maintains a system of checks and balances on cell growth so that...
Lung cancer is the primary cause of mortality in the United States and around the globe. Therapeutic options for lung cancer treatment include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted drug therapy. Medical management is often associated with the development of treatment resistance leading ...
Lung cancer is visible on chest X-rays and CT scans. Diagnosis is confirmed by a lung tissue biopsy. Treatment and Prevention Treatment will depend on which type of lung cancer is present. Conventional treatment generally includes surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy (radiotherapy). Unfo...
Cancer vaccines targeting non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been studied for decades; clinical trials, for the most part, have focused on the use of autologous and allogeneic whole-tumor cell vaccines. Recent advances in molecular biology and immunology, however, have allowed the identificat...
Summary Symptoms Diagnosis Prevention Treatment Prognosis What is Lung cancer?One of the most common cancers, lung cancer usually occurs when a cancer-causing agent, or carcinogen, triggers the growth of abnormal cells in the lung. These cells multiply out of control and eventually form a tumor....
Lung cancer continues to exact a huge toll on the health status of Americans and people worldwide. In the USA, the number of new lung cancer cases diagnosed per year has reached epidemic proportions. In 2012 an estimated 226,160 new cases of lung cancer