| Cells are the building blocks of life. We
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| | There is another type of lung cancer,
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| understand very well that cells grow,
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| | known as mesothelioma, an occupational
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| divide, and multiply with the need of the
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| | hazard among people who work around
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| body to keep it hale and healthy.
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| | asbestos.
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| Occasionally the cells will divide among
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| | Most people affected by lung cancer are
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| themselves even though there is no need
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| | over the age of fifty and are long-term
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| to multiply, and the mass of extra cells
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| | smokers. Symptoms can vary depending upon
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| forms tumor or cancer. An unchecked and
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| | the location of the tumor within the
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| rapid growth of lung cells is called lung
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| | lungs. Some common symptoms include
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| cancer. Lung cancer can be caught in two
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| | chronic cough, chest pain, wheezing, and
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| forms, non-small cell lung cancer and
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| | recurring lung infections.
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| small cell lung cancer.
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| | An experienced health care professional
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| Lung cancer has been categorized based
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| | can diagnose lung cancer based on
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| upon the morphology of the cells as seen
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| | symptoms, smoking history, medical
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| under a microscope. Each type of the lung
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| | history, earlier family history of lung
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| cancer has its own method of treatment
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| | cancer, and exposure to occupational and
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| since they spread in different ways.
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| | environmental materials. After the
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| The regularly occurring lung cancer is
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| | initial tests, an X-Ray can be used to
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| non-small lung cancer, which grows and
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| | make an affirmative diagnosis. Different
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| spreads slowly. The three major kinds of
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| | tests are available to diagnose small
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| non-small cell lung cancer are large cell
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| | cell or non-small lung cancer and to
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| carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and squamous
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| | gauge the stage of the cancer. Medical
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| cell carcinoma.
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| | professionals are also able to confirm
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| Small cell lung cancer is not as
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| | whether the cancer is localized within
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| prevalent as non-small lung cancer. This
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| | the lung or has spread to other parts of
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| type of lung cancer spreads rapidly and
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| | the body.
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| may grow to affect other organs in the
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| | Treatment of lung cancer may be done by
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| body. Oat cell cancer is another term
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| | chemotherapy (cancer cells can be
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| used to describe this disease.
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| | eliminated by medications), radiation
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| Recently lung cancer has been recognized
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| | therapy (eliminating the cancer cells by
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| as the deadliest form of cancer in many
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| | high-dose X-rays or other high-energy
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| developed nations, including the USA
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| | rays), or surgery (cancer removal).
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| where 170,000 people die from the disease
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| | Treatment of advanced stage lung cancer
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| each year. Even though lung changes start
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| | is considered difficult with moderate
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| almost immediately upon exposure to
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| | success rate in early stage treatment.
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| carcinogens, lung cancer takes years
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| | As the saying goes, an ounce of
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| together to develop.
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| | prevention is worth a pound of cure. If
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| Inhaling the carcinogens found in
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| | you smoke, protect yourself from lung
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| cigarette smoke is the main cause of the
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| | cancer by butting out for good. If you
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| lung in smokers and non-smokers alike.
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| | quit smoking now, you can gradually
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| When there is an environmental exposure
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| | decrease your risk of cancer over the
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| to radon compounded with smoking, the
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| | next 10 to 15 years as your lungs
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| risk of lung cancer greatly increases.
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| | recover.
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