Lung

Cancer

Information That Will Explain

To You More About One of
the Most Common Types
of Cancer in America

1. Causes of Lung Cancer." Lung Cancer Answers.

Victor Martin

2010. The David Law Firm, P.C. 15 December 2011.

< http://www.lung-cancer.com/causes.html >

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2. Lung Cancer Non Small Cell. American Cancer

Mrs. Dale

Society. 2010. American Cancer Society, Inc. 15

Fourth Period

December 2011.
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3. Lung cancer. Mayo Clinic. 2011. Mayo Foundation
for Medical Education and Research. 15 December
2011.

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making a much better
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In 2011, the
number of cases
is now 221, 130
with 156, 940
deaths.

Symptoms

Age and Sex Affected

Most of the age groups

of where lung cancer is
more affected are from
the 40 years old to 88
years old.

Avoid inhaling smoke, gas

from factories, and coal
products

Start eating fruits and

vegetables every day

The prognosis for people with

lung cancer depends on the
type of stage that that they
are at:

o Stage 1: Usually five years

or more

o Stage 2: Less than three

years

o Stage 3: 15 months or
more

Asbestos

Inhaling beryllium,
coal, vinyl chloride,
diesel exhaust, or
gasoline

Wheezing

Radon and radiation

Losing weight

Agent Orange

Coughing out
blood

Shortness of
Breath
o

Risk Factors and Prognosis

Cigarette smoking is the main

cause for lung cancer, but
there are also other causes
for it:
o

Men are the most

affected gender or sex
for lung cancer.

In the early stages for

lung cancer, symptoms
do not really occur. As
you resume smoking,
you will get symptoms
like:

Treatment/Cures
Although there is no cure

for any type of cancer,

treatments that are given
to patients with lung
Function
of the Lungs
cancer are:
o Surgery of the lung
The function of the lungs
with cancer
is to maintain the body's
o Chemotherapy
respiration.
o Radiation therapy
o Clinical trials
This means that the
Number
of oxygen
Casesto
lungs bring
the bloodstream and
During the years, the
every other place in
number of cases has
throughout
body.
increased,
butthe
the
death
has decreased.

Cause oof For

Lung
Cancer
example, in
2001,
the
number of cases
was 183, 200 with
161, 400 deaths.

Prevention

To prevent this from happening, here

some things that you should do:
o

If you are a smoker, quit

smoking now.

Eat types of food that are rich

in antioxidants and flavonoids.

If you do not smoke, dont

inhale smoke that has been
exhaled by smokers