Hca 240 Cancer Patient Information

Today people can live for years with some forms of cancer; other forms of cancer can be cured.

What is lung Cancer?
Cancer is the name for a group of 100 diseases in which abnormal cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Lung cancer occurs when this uncontrolled cell growth begins in one or both lungs – American Cancer Society.

Lung cancer does not have any symptoms until advance stages. For instance, symptoms for lung cancer are coughing, wheezing, chest pain and loss of appetite. This increases from age 40 to 70 years. In order to accurately diagnosis lung cancer a number of medical tests are required. Relapse rates are high and survival rates are very poor.

Treatments

The following are the treatments that are used to either destroy or reduce cancerous cells. * Chemotherapy is used for more advanced stages of this disease. * Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy radiation that shrinks tumors. As people age the risk of cancer increases, more than 60% of all cancers occur in adults 65 and older but that does not mean the middle age persons are not at risk. Cancer is a subject no one likes to discuss.

When discussed most of the time cancer is associated with being inherited but only 5% to 10% of cancers are inherited. Lung cancer is the most common type and is also the major cause of death from cancer. There are two types of lung cancer non-small cell (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

The most common lung cancer found in non smokers and women is adenocarcinomas. SCLC is linked to exposure of cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke accounts for more than 90% of all lung cancers. Second hand some is also a risk for lung cancer. Cigarette smoke, household exposure to radon, and industrial exposures to asbestos and other airborne chemicals increase lung cancer.

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