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The clinical manifestations of lung cancer are highly variable because they depend on both the type of tumor, and the location and extension.
Signs and symptoms can be grouped into four sections:

- Local symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, hemoptysis, dysphonia (due to involvement of recurrent laryngeal nerve, either by direct tumor invasion or lymph node involvement next).
- General symptoms: Weight loss, weakness or fatigue and anorexia that are generally in advanced stages of disease.

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SYMPTOMS OF LUNG CANCER

People who suffer

People over fifty years of age who have smoked cigarettes for many years.
The incidence of lung cancer among women in general has increased, which is clearly attributable to the increased number of women who smoke.

Symptoms

Cough or chest pain does not go away and may be accompanied by expectoration.
A whistle in breathing, shortness of breath.
Coughing or spitting up blood.
Hoarseness or swelling of the face and neck.
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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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Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. It is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States. Cigarette smoking causes most lung cancers. A greater number of cigarettes they smoke daily newspapers and the younger you start smoking, the greater the risk of developing lung cancer. Exposure to high levels of pollution, radiation and asbestos can also increase the risk.

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Lung cancer diagnosis is made by radiological examinations: X-ray Computed Tomography and especially (or CAT scanner) Chest, and confirmed with a biopsy.

Only 15 to 20% of lung cancers are detected in its early stages because the symptoms are delayed. In many cases the diagnosis is usually incidental, that is, by medical evidence that you had another purpose. When diagnosed with lung cancer, additional tests are performed to evaluate different tumor stage (if the initial or advanced) as well as lung capacity and general condition.

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Symptoms

Lung cancer tends to be very quiet, so that symptoms appear when the disease is at an advanced stage. These are:

* Chronic cough.
* Coughing up blood.
* Obstruction of the bronchi.
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Signs and symptoms of lung cancer are:
* A cough that does not go away and worsens over time
* Constant chest pain
* Cough with phlegm has blood
* Wheezing, hoarseness or shortness of breath
* Problems of pneumonia or bronchitis that are repeated
* Swelling of the neck and face
* Weight loss or loss of appetite
* Fatigue

These symptoms may be caused by cancer or other conditions. It is important to consult a doctor.

Non-small cell lung Cancer Treatment
Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer can be treated in several ways. The choice of treatment depends mainly on the size, location and grade of tumor. Surgery is the most common way to treat this type of lung cancer. Cryosurgery, a treatment that freezes and destroys cancer tissue, can be used to control symptoms in stages (stages) of lung cancer last non-small cell. Radiation and chemotherapy can also be used to slow the progression of the disease and to control symptoms.

Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
Lung cancer small cell spreads quickly. In many cases, cancer cells have already spread to other parts of the body when diagnosed. To reach cancer cells throughout the body, doctors almost always use chemotherapy. Treatment may also include radiation therapy to the tumor in the lung or tumors in other parts of the body (as in the brain). Some patients receive radiation therapy to the brain even when cancer is not there. This treatment, called prophylactic cranial irradiation was given to prevent tumors from forming in the brain. Surgery is part of the treatment plan for a small number of patients with lung cancer small cell.

The symptoms of lung cancer does not usually appear in the early stages of lung cancer but arise when it has already spread too much to increase the chance of cure. In fact, since that occurs the first malignant cell until a person consult a doctor first before symptoms of the disease can take many years.

Among the most common symptoms are:

- Persistent cough.
- Chest pain that increases with breathing.
- Loss of weight and appetite.
- Shortness of breath.
- Wheezing or whistling.
- Spitting up blood or redness (mucus).