Lung Cancer is another silent killer, the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most death cause in women after breast cancer Health Info

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and signs

 Silent Killers

• Breast Cancer
• Colon Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• High Cholesterol
• Hypertension:
• Lung cancer
• Mesothelioma
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Osteoporosis
• Rectal cancer

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer is another silent killer, the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most death cause in women after breast cancer. The annual death toll is 1.3 million worldwide.

Lung Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung, derived from epithelial cells.

Symptoms

• Shortness of breath

• Coughing (including coughing up blood)

• Weight loss

Diagnosis

• clubbing -changes in the tissue of the nail beds

• Cyanosis - a bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood,

• chest X-ray

• CT (computerized axial tomography scan, or CAT scan) scans

• CT scan (or spiral CT scan)

 Types of Lung Cancer

• Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Non Small Cell Lung cancer

Cause:

Tobacco Smoking is the prime cause for lung cancer

Treatment

• Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is sometimes treated with surgery

• Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) usually responds better to chemotherapy and radiation.

  • Hemotherapy

  • radiation therapy

  • Surgery

  • Brain prophylactic radiation

  • Treatment of recurrence

  • Targeted therapy

  • Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

  • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

  • Experimental therapies