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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Different Types Of Lung Cancer

Health Encyclopedia: Lung Cancer

Alternative Names

Cancer - lung


Treatment

Treatment depends on the specific type of lung cancer. Each type is treated differently. Chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery may be needed.

See the individual articles on the different types of lung cancer:

  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Small cell lung cancer

Expectations (prognosis)

How well a patient does depends on the following:

  • Type of lung cancer
  • Whether or not the cancer ...
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Expert & Community Posts

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The Comeback Kid and Beating Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...Christmas, the news changed. Kim had cancer. Bad cancer. Lung cancer that had spread to her... Read more »

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Sniff out skin cancer
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert

...to detect persons with melanoma, bladder cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer based on smell... Read more »

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Uninsured or Poorly Insured Patients Diagnosed at a Later Stage of Breast Cancer
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert

...otherwise be detected early, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, and melanoma) at... Read more »

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More rat research -- and more scary headlines
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...was in rats with rat diabetes, not in people with type 2 diabetes. So what's the big deal? It... Read more »

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Thanks and Good-Bye, Leroy Sievers
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...diagnosed with colon cancer in 2001, then with brain and lung cancer in 2005. He did a ton of... Read more »

Health Guide

Lung cancer: small cell
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing type of lung cancer. It tends to spread much more quickly than non-small cell lung cancer. There are three different types of... Read more »
Lung cancer: non-small cell
Cancer - lung - non-small cell; Non-small cell lung cancer; NSCLC Treatment There are many different types of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer: ... Read more »
Cancer
...However, the cause of many cancers remains unknown. The most common cause of cancer-related death is lung cancer. The three most common cancers in men in the United States are prostate cancer,... Read more »
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: 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... Read more »
Types of Breast Cancer: Recurrent Breast Cancer
...in your bones, liver, lungs and, less commonly, brain. You don’t have bone cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer or brain cancer; you still have breast cancer, but in a new location. This is called... Read more »

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