Transcript Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer
By : MC-Bamji, Evan, Nicholas and
Maryam.
History of Lung Cancer
• 1878: lung cancer still considered rare.
Malignant lung tumors are only 1% of all
cancers. 1929: German physician Fritz Lickint
first recognized the potential connection
between smoking and lung cancer. This
discovery led to a nationwide anti-tobacco
movement in Nazi Germany.
What is it?
• Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal
cells that start off in one or both lungs; usually in the
cells that line the air passages. The abnormal cells do
not develop into healthy lung tissue, they divide
rapidly and form tumors.
Causes
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Smoking
Family History
Chronic Lung Disease
Smoking causes the majority of lung cancers
— both in smokers and in people exposed to
secondhand smoke.
Symptoms
• A cough that does not go away or gets worse.
• Chest pain that is often worse with deep
breathing, coughing, or laughing.
• Hoarseness.
• Weight loss and loss of appetite.
• Coughing up blood or rust-colored sputum (spit
or phlegm)
• Shortness of breath.
• Feeling tired or weak.
Treatments
• Small cell lung cancer is mostly treated with
chemotherapy. Surgery is not usually suitable
because this type of cancer has normally
spread at the time of diagnosis. You may also
have radiotherapy. Non small cell lung
cancer can be treated with surgery,
chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination
of these.