| In terms of deaths caused by various
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| | involvement has a five-year survival rate
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| forms of cancer, lung cancer ranks second
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| | of 43 to 64 percent when treated with
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| only to breast cancer. The National
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| | surgery.
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| Cancer Institute recently reported that
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| | · Stage IIA or IIB with a single lymph
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| an estimated 172,570 new cases of lung
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| | node involvement, when treated with
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| cancer will be reported this year and
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| | surgery, has a five-year survival rate of
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| that 163,510 American will die from this
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| | 20 to 40 percent.
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| disease.
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| | · Stage IIIA with a single lymph node
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| Lung cancer is caused predominantly by
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| | involvement in the center of the chest,
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| smoking. One expert says that in the case
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| | when treated with surgery has a five-year
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| of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (cancer), it
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| | survival rate of 15 to 25 percent.
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| is almost always caused by smoking.
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| | · Stage IIIB with lymph node involvement
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| Lung cancer is called lung cancer because
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| | in the chest and neck, when treated with
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| it begins in the lungs. The right lung
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| | radiation without other treatment, has a
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| has three sections, the left lung has
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| | five-year survival rate of five to seven
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| two. Each section is called a lobe.
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| | percent.
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| Sometimes the term "bronchogenic cancer"
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| | · Stage IIIB with lymph node involvement
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| is used to refer to lung cancer as most
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| | in the chest and neck, when treated with
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| lung cancers begin in one of the two
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| | radiation and chemotherapy, has a
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| breathing tubes, the bronchi, in the
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| | five-year survival rate between seven and
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| lungs.
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| | 17 percent.
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| There are two major types of lung cancer.
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| | · Stage IV with extensive lymph node
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| One is the Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
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| | involvement or cancer that has spread to
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| mentioned in the previous paragraph. The
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| | other organs, hen treated with
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| other is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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| | chemotherapy and palliative care to
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| (NSCLC).
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| | reduce symptoms and increase comfort has
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| Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer has three
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| | a one-year survival rate.
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| subtypes: Adenocarcinoma, Squamous Cell
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| | The prognosis is much bleaker for
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| Carcinoma and Large Cell Undifferentiated
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| | patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer.
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| Carcinoma. NSCLC is the least "serious"
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| | This form of cancer is found in two
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| of the two types. In fact, if it is
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| | stages: limited or extensive. The limited
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| detected early, it is possible that it
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| | version is that which is found in only
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| can be cured with surgery.
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| | one lung and nearby lymph nodes. The
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| Andenocarcinoma accounts for about 40
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| | extensive type has spread outside the
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| percent of lung cancer cases in the U.S.
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| | lung to other parts of the chest or body
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| It is the most common cancer among women
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| | (metastasized). Limited SCLC when treated
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| and can be seen in non-smokers. Squamous
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| | with chemotherapy and radiation therapy
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| Cell Carcinoma represents about 30 to 35
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| | has an average survival time of 18 to 20
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| percent of lung cancers and tends to stay
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| | months. The extensive form of SCLC when
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| localized in the chest longer than other
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| | treated with chemotherapy has a survival
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| types of lung cancer. Large Cell
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| | time of 10 to 12 months. Ttwo-year
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| Undifferentiated Carcinoma represents
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| | survival rate is one to three percent,
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| only about five to 15 percent of lung
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| | and the five-year survival rate less than
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| cancers in the U.S. The incidence of this
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| | two percent.
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| type of cancer seems to be decreasing.
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| | The majority of people diagnosed with
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| The worst and most aggressive form of
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| | SCLC will die despite the best available
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| lung cancer is Small Cell Lung Cancer. It
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| | treatment.
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| represents only about 15 to 20 percent of
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| | While surgery plays the most important
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| all lung cancers. It spreads to the lymph
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| | part in the treatment of Non-Small Cell
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| nodes and other organs more quickly than
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| | Lung Cancer, chemotherapy is always the
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| NSCLC, but seems more responsive to
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| | chosen treatment for Small Cell Lung
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| chemotherapy drugs.
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| | Cancer. In the case of limited stage
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| Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer is described
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| | SCLC, radiation therapy may also be used
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| in stages - Stage I through IV. WebMD
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| | as the cancer is still localized to the
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| recently reports survival rates of NSCLC
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| | chest area where radiation can be
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| as:
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| | focused.
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| · Stage 1A or 1B with no lymph node
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