Busting myths in lung cancer

There are many god stories in lung cancer; many of them increase the "dishonor" of illness. Please click on the flash card below and check the facts behind the novel.

Many (> 65%) people diagnosed as cough of lung cancer at diagnosis, but many do not have cough and some have no symptoms at all 3, 4.

Lung cancer was first recognized in 1761 before the presence of tobacco. This situation is relatively rare, but it causes some health problems.

Lung cancer can spread around the body in a process called metastasis. In lung cancer, tumors often spread to the brain, and important functions such as vision may be lost.

Although lung cancer affects men more than women (1 of 14 risks), there are still women with lung cancer (1 of 17 risks) 7, 8.

There are several types of lung cancer - there are mainly two types; non small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, there are more subtypes

Lung cancer is more common in the elderly, but about one-third (31%) and death (28%) of new cases occur in people under 65.11 years of age.

As lung cancer spreads, treatment becomes more difficult but usually can not be cured but can be treated and new options (targeting and immunotherapy) can prolong survival 10-12.

NHS. Causes of lung cancer can be obtained at http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-lung/Pages/Causes.aspx.

2. UK Cancer Institute. Risks and causes available at http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/lung-cancer/risks-causes.

4. UK Cancer Institute. It can be obtained from the symptom http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/lung-cancer/symptoms.

GLOBOCAN. [Internet, see May 11, 2017] is available from http: // globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/fact_sheets_cancer.aspx.

There are two main types of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Smoking causes most lung cancers, but nonsmokers also develop lung cancer. For details on treatment, prevention, screening, statistics, research, clinical trials etc. of lung cancer, please refer to the link on this page.

There are two main types of lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer accounts for approximately 80% of cases. Small cell lung cancer accounts for 15% of lung cancer closely related to smoking and tends to expand rapidly. Rare cancers have carcinoid and mesothelioma. Non-small cell carcinoma can be divided into 1 to 4 stages depending on the spread of cancer. Phase 1 has been localized. The second stage of local spreading usually spreads to lymph nodes. The stage 3A and the stage 3B are further beyond the lungs with local spread. Stage 4 shows diffusion into other areas of the body. Depending on whether the cancer is localized or extensive, small cell carcinoma is divided into two stages.

There are two types of lung cancer: small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non small cell lung cancer. The stage of lung cancer depends on whether the cancer has spread from the lungs to the lymph nodes or other organs or whether the cancer is local. Because the lungs are so large, tumors may grow long before being discovered. There may be symptoms such as fatigue and cough, but people always think that they believe it is caused by other reasons. Therefore, it is difficult to detect the early stages of lung cancer (stage I and stage II). Most cancer patients are diagnosed in stage III and stage IV

Primary lung cancer occurs in the lungs. Cancer cells are abnormal lung cells. Sometimes people transfer cancer from another part of the body or transfer it to the lungs. This is called secondary lung cancer because the lung is a secondary site compared to the initial primary site of cancer. Thus, for example, breast cancer cells that have migrated to the lungs are metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer, and need to be treated against breast cancer rather than lung cancer.