Facts About Lungs
Health Encyclopedia: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Introduction
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Introduction
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Introduction
Although lung cancer accounts for only 13% of all cancers, it is among the most lethal, accounting for over 28% of all cancer deaths. It is more deadly than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. An estimated 162,460 people will die from lung cancer in 2006. Death rates have been declining in men over the past decade, and they have now stabilized in women.
The Lungs
The lungs are two spongy organs surrounded by a thin moist membrane called the pleura. Each lung is composed of sm...
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Expert & Community Posts
Pulmonary function tests and lung age: Do you know yours?
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...health care professionals to make the diagnosis of lung disease and to judge how severe it is.... Read more »
Inhaler Devices for Asthma Treament Part 1
By Fred Little , Health Expert...help optimize delivery of inhaled medications to the lungs from metered dose inhalers, including... Read more »
Pulmonary Hypertension - What You Need to Know
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A person suffering from a heart or lung disorder is liable to... Read more »
Are You an Alpha (A-1AD deficient)?
By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert...been struggling with shortness of breath, repeated lung infections, severe, unexplained weight... Read more »
Body Worlds Exhibits - A Great Way to Learn About (and Regain Respect for) Your Body
By Dorian Martin , Health Expert...instance, one exhibit case featured three sets of lungs. The first set exhibited healthy lungs... Read more »
Health Guide
Smoking Addiction
When we are born, we gasp our first breath of life-giving air and use our lungs to make our needs known. As we get older, we run and play and use our lungs to capacity to win races and holler to our... Read more »Resources
...Lung Association (800-LUNG-USA) Read more »What is Asthma?
...properly. When any person inhales, the air travels through the following structures:Air passes into the lungs and flows through progressively smaller airways called bronchioles. The lungs contain... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Lifestyle Changes
Quitting SmokingQuitting improves lung function almost immediately. Some evidence suggests that the benefits for the lungs are even more significant for women who quit than for men.... Read more »
Medications
...improves breathing by opening air passages in the lungs. It is used in the treatment of asthma,... Read more »
...(purr-BYOU-turr-ohl)Uses This drug relaxes the smooth muscle in the lungs and dilates airways... Read more »
...Rarely, nilutamide has caused severe (sometimes fatal) lung problems (interstitial pneumonitis).... Read more »
...wheezing and trouble breathing caused by ongoing lung disease (such as asthma, chronic... Read more »
...by reducing the swelling of the airways in the lungs, and decreasing phlegm and other... Read more »
Related News
Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer
October 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The findings of a multi-institution team of researchers give key insight into genetic changes that take place in the most... Read summary »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
July 16, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot... Read summary »
Artificial Lung Saves Lives
August 20, 2007TORONTO, Canada (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) About 20 percent of people who need a lung transplant will die waiting for one. Unlike damaged kidneys or... Read summary »
Understanding Lung Cancer
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although it's the deadliest cancer, not all smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors are one step closer to... Read summary »
Lung Cancer Takes Non-Smokers Lives
September 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you've never picked up a cigarette, you probably haven't worried about lung cancer -- but new research suggests even... Read summary »
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