Lung Cancer

Stage IV cancer usually indicates that the cancer has traveled to other parts of the body. See related links for more details.

Smoking. There is a direct correlation with the number of smokers in a given time period and, separated by around 20 years, the number of cases of lung cancer. See the related links.

In the UK, smoking prevalence in women has halved since 1975 yet the incidence of lung cancer has doubled and is still rising. Explain that!

I am not a doctor so I can't give medical advice.

The cancer can change the tissue. It can impair the airways by decreases the size of the airways or it could interfere with gas exchange through the air sacs in the lung. A person breaths by inspiring oxygen and exhaling CO2. Anything that interferes with that gas exchange makes it more difficult to breath. The degree of interference and the placement of the interference affects how difficult it is to breath. The problem starts when get a tumor. A biopsy is advised to determine what type of cancer it is and if it benign or malignant. If malignant the concern comes about isolating it and removing it if possibly. People can have the tumor to a lobe to a section of the right or left lung when if in this case should be removed. Many cancers are progressive and increase in size with time and that further interferes with the ability to breath. Having worked with lung cancer patients and seeing them die is a dreadful and sad experience. Imagine a world of difficulty breathing which is always ever present.

A good way to know how it feels to be short of breath is to remember the times after you have just run a distance and you feel out of breath. Imagine having that feeling all of the time probably to a lesser degree though. Diagnosing the Cancer early helps in preventing the spread and gives the person a better chance of surviving.

If I found out or suspected I had cancer I would see a doctor ASAP which would give me a better chance of surviving the disease and having a more normal life but this depends when the disease is caught, the type of the cancer, and whether is was spread from somewhere else. Remember I am not a doctor so I can't give medical advice.

It is got through smoking and your chest will be infected and breathing becomes dificult.

by smoking usually when you smoke, it leads to congestion and is really bad for your lungs. you could die of smoking.......you prob. already know that......if u have more questions ask me on here ___________________________________________________________ A type of lung cancer in which the cells appear smallish and roundish. Also called oat cell lung cancer. It quickly spreads in the body and is one of the more aggressive forms of cancer. Most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke. The occurrence of lung cancer in nonsmokers, is nominally attributed to a combination of genetic factors, radon gas, asbestos, and pollutions in the air, including secondhand smoke.

A chest x ray may be ordered to check for masses in the lungs. Special imaging techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),

Smoking does not develop lung cancer, it causes cancer to develop in your lungs. The toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke irritate the tissues in the lungs. After a prolonged period of first-hand, or second-hand, smoke inhaled into the sensitive tissues of the lungs, the cells may become cancerous and replicate out of control, resulting in lung cancer.

Yes

it help to damage the lungs through the inhale of the smoke

Smoking is hazardous and the dangers of smoking are serious. A smoker inhales a substance containing many cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds besides four hundred other toxins including nicotine and tar. Nicotine leads to a smoking addiction. Tar clogs the lungs and inhibits the body's capacity to breathe; it causes lung and throat cancer, emphysema, bronchial and lung disorders.

Carcinogens produce mutations within DNA, inside cells. Usually this results in the death of the cell, but sometimes, if multiple mutations occur, the cell will start to reproduce uncontrollably, which results in cancer.

I was diagnosed with extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer five months ago so this question has a lot of importance to me. I've asked this same question of every doctor that I've met with over the last five months (and there have been quite a few), here is what I've been told. Lung cancer likes to spread to other parts of the body, particuarily the liver, brain and spine. Depending upon where the cancer spreads to and how fast it grows will determine what specifically kills me. I can expect to live another three to four months if my survial rate is "average" for SCLC (non small cell lung cancer patients last longer). I should expect to lose my appetite, lose a lot of weight, and again, depending upon where the cancer spreads to, experience quite a bit of pain that will require IV medications for relief. A lot depends upon a patients age and general health. I'm only 58 years old and my health is good, I've had minimal side effects from chemotherapy and radiation therapy, this probably means that I'll last a bit longer than someone who is older and has other health issues, but it also means that it gives the cancer more time to spread to other parts of my body. From what I've been told, death by lung cancer can come pretty quickly for some, they are fine one week, sick the next week and dead the following week. Other's last much longer while under hospice care. The bottom line seems to be that the doctors can't tell me how I will die, everyone is different, so much just depends upon where in your body the cancer spreads to and how large the tumors become in that part of the body. I know this doesn't answer your question, but I believe it's the truth.

Yes they can. They can get it from smoking or other harmful, pretty much for the same reasons as adults.

Any damage caused to the lungs by smoking takes around forty years at least to develop into lung cancer (if it actually does, which is a very small chance). So unless you were on forty a day in a previous life.........................

A nodule on the lung are small masses, and usually are nothing to worry about and are benign. the doctor will keep an eye on them. If they change in size or shape, the doctor will run further tests to make sure its not cancer.

you can schedule an appointement at the doctors office for a check up to see if you have gotten cancer if not you can ask your doctor to give you advice on how to prevent yourself from getting it, and if you find out that you have cancer you need to go through a procedure to remove the cancerous tumor so it doe not spread throughout the rest of your body.

Mortality rates (the number of people who die per number of cases) is decreasing, folowing advances in medicine and the rapid decline of cigarette smoking.

how long are you expected to live once lung cancer has spread to the liver

Most of the symptoms of lung cancer can be caused by any number of other illnesses, which is one reason why lung cancer is often not detected until it is in a later stage. For example, the classic chronic cough or wheezing can also be caused by asthma, bronchitis, or even food allergies.

The respiritory system would be impaired (depending on the stage of the cancer).

As the word "lung" & "respiritory" suggests, the person may have trouble breathing, and may be short of breath.

Your doctor will discuss with you the course of action to take after diagnosing the type of cancer you have, the stage of progression, and other factors. These days, cyberknife treatment, an advanced technology which delivers concentrated beams of focused radiation on cancer cells, is one of the best options to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. The treatment itself does not require an incision, there is no blood loss, and it does not require you to go under anesthesia. Recovery time is quick and each treatment is 1 to 2 hours. Most are able to resume regular activities after the treatment. This kind of treatment was once limited to cancers which were inaccessible/un-operable, but these days it is used on cancers of the prostate, pancreas, lung, breast, liver, brain and spine.