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The doctor needs to know the stage of the cancer to plan treatment. The classification of lung cancer non-small cell goes through the following stages:

• Step hidden. Cancer cells are found in sputum, but you can not find any tumor in the lung.
• Stage 0. The cancer is localized in one area, in some cell layers only, and no growth through the lining of the lung. Another term for this type of lung cancer is “carcinoma in situ.”
• Stage I. The cancer is found only in the lung and is surrounded by normal tissue. * Stage II The cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes.
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The easiest way to understand the difference between lung cancer and mesothelioma is that lung cancer is in the lung tissue, while pleural mesothelioma occurs in the layer of tissue that covers the outside of the lung.

Smoking is considered the primary cause of lung cancer and asbestos as the primary cause of mesothelioma. Asbestos can also cause lung cancer. Smoking does not cause mesothelioma. People who have been exposed to asbestos and also smoke have up to 90 times more likely to be affected with lung cancer than those who do not smoke.

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To determine if a patient has, in effect, of cancer, there is a wide variety of tests that the doctor can use. After the initial examination and x-ray, your doctor might order tests on phlegm. Other tests may include:

Bronchoscopy

It is a procedure designed to look inside the airways of the lungs. It involves inserting a thin, flexible tube down the throat into the airways. The tube allows the doctor to look inside. Your doctor might also take samples of tissues and cells (biopsy) during bronchoscopy.

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The culture of organ transplantation in the world both in Mexico and in the World is underrated and little is done to try to promote it, which has led to illegal trafficking in them. Many are in favor of giving life when our bodies we no longer are useful, however the note then I will comment opens the door to an interesting debate.

Lynsey Scott, who suffered from cystic fibrosis, received in February 2009 a double lung transplant from a donor who had smoked for 30 years. Scott died of pneumonia in July, this 28 year old British woman received a lung transplant from a donor smoking without knowing it, and it is precisely this that would like to discuss, because in principle the patient receiving a transplant should know that the national you receive is not entirely new, and the fact that the family found out later that the donor was a smoker does not different, I do not think knowing that Scott had refused to receive the lungs.

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