How Does Lung Cancer Effect The Body
Health Encyclopedia: Lung Cancer
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:
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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 ...
Expert & Community Posts
Patrick Swayze smokes despite having cancer
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...otherwise intelligent person to do such a thing to his body?Swayze has been known to be a heavy... Read more »
Meet Adam Frey: How I got here, part I
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11 Ways to cut your cancer risk for life (according to All you)
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Saving ourselves from Smoking Addiction
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...addicted, yet we so often do. We think we won’t get lung cancer or lung disease, yet so many... Read more »
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Health Guide
Lung cancer: small cell
...lung cancer; SCLC Treatment Because small cell lung cancer spreads quickly throughout the body, treatment must include cancer-killing drugs (chemotherapy) taken by mouth or injected... Read more »Lung cancer: non-small cell
...light burns and kills cancer cells Photodynamic therapy - uses a light to activate a drug in the body, which kills cancer cells Watchful waiting - in rare cases, the person may only be... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Tests
...for computerized tomography. In this procedure, a thin x-ray beam is rotated around the area of the body to be visualized. Using very complicated mathematical processes called algorithms, the... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Symptoms
...presses against the superior vena cava, a large vein that returns blood from the upper part of the body to the heart. When this happens, a condition called superior vena cava syndrome may occur,... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Causes
...are harmful gases.Nicotine itself may be a hazard. A 2000 laboratory study suggested that the human body might be converting inhaled nicotine into a chemical called aminoketone, which has been... Read more »
Medications
...occur: chest pain This medication can lower the body's ability to fight an infection.... Read more »
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Air Pollutant Mimics Cigarette Smoke
August 25, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists have discovered something in the air that could be as dangerous as cigarette smoke. Researchers at Louisiana State... Read summary »
Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer
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Chemo Combo Promising for Lung Cancer
August 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A combination of two chemotherapy regimens may be a viable alternative to current treatments for non-small cell lung cancer. A... 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 »
Longer Life for Lung Cancer Patients
July 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new gene screening test may help determine which lung cancer patients have the potential to live longer. In 2008, roughly... Read summary »
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