General:
Lung cancer is a cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs or the cells lining the airways.Lung Cancer originates when normal lung cells become abnormal, usually after a series of mutations, and begin to devide out of control. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke.
Symptoms:
~ coughing
~ weight loss
~ shortness of breath
~ chest, bone pain
~ coughing blood
~ fever
~ wheezing
~ fatigue
Treatment:
Surgery and Radiotherapy or used in an early stage of the tumor, it
depends on how big or small the tumor is and what kind of other
options you still have.
Chemotherapy depends on the cancer type.
Prognosis:
~prognosis is generally poor
~of all patients 15% survive for 5 years after the diagnosis
~the prognosis depends on the stage of the type b
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