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Lung cancer Information
Lung cancer results from uncontrolled lung cell proliferation. Most lung cancer cases are associated with smoking. The most common lung cancer is epitheliomatous cancer. It can be prevented mainly by avoiding pollutants and other risk factors and eating more vegetables and fruit.
Lung cancer symptoms
- Coughing
- Blood in phlegm
- Shortness of breath
- Loss of weight
- Loss of appetite
- Chest pain
Lung cancer risk factors
- Habit of smoking
- Aged over 50
- Exposure to radon, asbestos and other outdoor air pollutants (suspended particles, nitrogen dioxide, etc.)
- Long-term exposure to metallic compounds (aluminum, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, etc.), coke and coal, ionizing radiation (X-ray, gamma ray, etc.)
- Having scleroderma
Diagnosis
- Chest ultrasonography
- Computeriozd tomography in the chest
- Positron emission tomography
- Bronchoscopy
- Mediastinoscopy
Treatment
Surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy.
Reference
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- National Cancer Institute, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, https://www.cancer.gov/types/lung/patient/non-small-cell-lung-treatment-pdq
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- World Cancer Report 2014. World Health Organization. 2014: Chapter 5.1
- World Health Organization. List of Classifications by cancer sites with sufficient or limited evidence in humans 1-121, http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/Table4.pdf, 2018
- 癌症基金會, 肺癌, http://www.cancer-fund.org/tc/lung-cancer.html
- 彰化基督教醫院, 肺癌診斷方式, http://www2.cch.org.tw/lungcancer/LC_TX_SUM.htm
