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Most lung cancer begins in the lining of the bronchi, the tubes in which the trachea or windpipe divides. However, asbestos lung cancer can also begin in other areas such as the trachea, bronchioles (small branches of the bronchi) or alveoli (air sacs in the lungs). Although lung cancer usually develops slowly, when this occurs, cancer cells can break away and spread to other parts of the body.

The two most common types of lung cancer are small cell lung cancer (SCLC), in which cancer cells are small and round, and the cancer non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in which cells are larger cancerous. Sometimes, a cancer has characteristics of both types, and is called mixed small cell and large cell cancer.

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One of the most formidable evils of the past century and this is definitely cancer. Disease that annually kills millions of people around the planet, and that slowly gets some significant achievements for a cure, but it is not enough to stop the relentless evil that every day seems to advance with new forms and conditions.

There have been many reasons that scholars have exposed as sources for individual cancers we know, but if there is a highly responsible culture of prevention, we can hardly deal with this scourge of mankind.

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Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer in Canada and one of the most deadly. Five years after diagnosis, only 14% of people with this disease are still alive. By comparison, 88% of women with breast cancer are alive five years after diagnosis.

Smoking is by far the leading cause of lung cancer, but cancer can also result from exposure to secondhand smoke tobacco or substances such as asbestos, radon gas and gasoline vapors .

Lung cancer takes two main forms: a small cell “(the most dangerous) and non-small cell. This last category is itself divided into three subgroups: adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and large cell undifferentiated. There are other forms, but they are much rarer.

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Cancer is one of the words that everyone dreads. There are various types of cancer and all types of cancer really bad news. All types of cancer that threatens the life of (this makes them so horrible). Even with all the medical advances we still do not have a complete drug for all types of cancer. However, there is research that happens constantly-on to find better treatments for cancer and increase our knowledge about cancer in general. Although there are treatments currently available for some types of cancer, this treatment works only if the cancer is found at an early stage.

Generally, cancer is named after the part of the body where it originated. The most common is the type of breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancers. Although, this may vary across geography, etc., four types of cancer seem to be more famous. Other types of cancer include: cervical cancer, pancreatic cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer, skin cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer and testicular cancer. In addition, cancer is also classified as primary and secondary based on whether it comes from the body part itself or spread from other body parts.

Smoking increases from 10 to 25 times the risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer. This is by far the main risk factor.

Other factors may also play a role, such as:

* Secondhand smoke;
* Exposure to carcinogens (asbestos, radon, gasoline fumes, etc.).
* Smoke wood stove;
* Frequent exposure to air pollution;
* Have a diet low in fruits and vegetables.

Preventing

* Do not smoke or quit.
* Avoid secondhand smoke.
* Adopt an anticancer diet (more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, less red meats and sausages; avoid excess calories).
* In an area where radon levels are high, to analyze the air in his house to check the radon level.

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Lung cancer can be treated by various therapies that are often used in combination to provide optimal outcomes for patients. Surgical resection is the surgical process in which the tumor, and is usually recommended if the cancer has not metastasized (or spread) outside the lungs to other parts of the body.

There are several options for doing that may involve resection of minimally invasive surgery or full operation. The technique used will depend on many factors, especially the size and stage of cancer and tumors are accessible to a surgeon.

Thoracotomy performed by a surgeon makes an incision through the chest wall and the average sternotomy performed by entering the chest cavity through the sternum. The second method is usually used in surgery for lung cancer, but they simply involve the discomfort and prolonged patient stay in hospital with a recovery period longer.

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The ideal anticancer drug should only be able to destroy malignant cells without causing adverse effects to the body, but this option does not exist, because the nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy can be so strong that patients abandon the treatment reach , which severely limits their recovery.

However, chemotherapy treatment is essential to remove malignant tumors and thus achieve healing. To reverse and control the adverse effects of nausea and vomiting caused by the chemotherapy, science has developed substances called antiemetic can minimize or even eliminate these side effects.

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The most widely consumed beverage worldwide after water is tea. In this case we again mention this drink black tea specifically, to highlight its benefits for diabetes, which have been highlighted by a Chinese lab that examined their levels of polysaccharides.

Polysaccharides are a type of carbohydrate that delay the absorption of glucose by the body and which are present in various types of tea. However, researchers in China Tianjin Key Laboratory have compared the levels of polysaccharides in oolong tea, green tea and black tea, the latter finding higher levels of polysaccharides.

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The plants continue to show their properties against cancer, and it seems that there are more new answers to this in Mexico, where a group of scientists has developed a herbal medicinal native plants that could have a major influence in inhibiting cancer.

Plants that have been used to develop these drugs are black beans, agave and corn, three plants native to Mexico, where inhibitory properties were discovered in the development of cancer cells.

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Fish oil, a food rich omega-3 has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Why is it important fish oil?

As with other fats, our body requires a significant amount to survive. Fish oils, are involved in the process by which water, oxygen and nutrients are transported to every one of our 100 trillion cells and how carbon dioxide, waste and toxins are moving out of the cells.

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