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Signs of Lung Cancer

Signs of lung cancer are not found in the early stages. However it is better to identify the lung cancer at the early stages. Some of the signs of lung cancer are chronic cough, coughing up blood, wheezing and chest pain, bouts of pneumonia or bronchitis, and fever for no reason. Consult your physicians if [...]

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Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer

Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer are effective tools in the prediction of the severity of lung cancer. It is perplexing to find that about twenty to twenty five percent of patients who are affected by lung cancer often exhibit no specific sign or symptom of lung cancer. Most times, both the patient and the [...]

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Small Cell Lung Cancer

Small cell lung cancer is also known as oat cell cancer. Small cell lung cancer is less common than non-small cell lung cancer. The typical characteristic of this type of cancer is that it grows more rapidly and is more prone to spread to other organs of your body. Small cell lung cancer starts in [...]

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The Spread of Lung Cancer

The spread of lung cancer is to be given more importance due to its medical complications. It may be defined as a cancer that occurs in other sites of body like kidney, bladder, lymph nodes, etc., which subsequently spread via the blood stream or lymphatic system and into the pulmonary tissues like alveoli and interstitial [...]

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Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Squamous Cell Lung Cancer is a pulmonary neoplasm that is not benign. There is always additional clinical emphasis given whenever a patient is affected with this type of pulmonary neoplasm. Squamous cell lung cancer is epithelial in origin. This type of neoplasm has no boundaries in its growth or spread within the different lobes of [...]

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Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Stage 4 lung cancer spreading is called metastatic cancer. The area affected is called the metastases. To identify the spread of cancer to other parts of the body staging of lung cancer is performed, following, the prognosis of the patient is determined as well as treatment of the lung cancer in the patient. Non-small cell lung [...]

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Treatments of Lung Cancer

Treatments of lung cancer depends on a number of factors, including the type of lung cancer (non-small or small cell lung cancer), the size, location, and extent of the tumor, and the general health of the patient. Different treatments and combinations of treatments may be used to reduce severe symptoms to improve quality of life [...]

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Types of Lung Cancer

Types of lung cancer have two main categories. They are small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Small Cell Lung Cancer The three types of small cell lung cancer include lots of different types of cells, which grow and multiply in different ways. The types of small cell lung cancer are [...]

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A Smoker’s Myth – Lung Cancer

Lung cancer from smoking in the early 20th century was rare. Now 87% of lung cancers are the sequels of passive exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke or smoking tobacco. This clearly shows the association between smoking and lung cancer, which results in the deterioration of one’s health. The myth that lung cancer will not occur [...]

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