Lung Cancer Essay Research Paper bibliographyAnku Vincent

Lung Cancer Essay, Research Paper

bibliography

Anku, Vincent. treatment of cancer. Seattle, Washington: Doubleday and company Inc., 1986.

“Lung, Cancer”. 4 November 1998. http://www.evnet.com/fnadoc/lung.html.

“Adults cancer help in the uk”. http://mdweb. bham.ac.uk/cancerhelp/public/specific/lung /indx.html.

“Cancer”. the New Illustrated Medical and Health Encyclopedia. 1959.

Laszio, John. Understanding Cancer. New York, New York: Harper and Row. 1984.

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Struss, linda. When a parent has cancer. New York, New York: Rosen Publishing group Inc., 1988.

outline

I. Introduction1

II. Definition1

A) Different forms and types2

B) How it is categorized 2

III. Different causes of lung cancer2

A) Causes2

B) Causes from tobacco smoking 2-3

IV. Symptoms3-4

V. Diagnosis 4

VI. Spreading process5

A) Areas of spreading5

B) Rate of spreading5

VII. Treatment5

A) Types of treatment6

1. Surgery6

2. Radiation6

3. Chemotherapy6

B) Rehabilitation6-7

VIII. How it effects the families 7

VIIII. Conclusion

thesis statement

Lung cancer is a complex disease that indiscriminately chooses its hosts and will complicate the lives of the persons it infects.

Lung Cancer

From the moment the doctor diagnosis a person with cancer, their lives will never be the same (Struss,4). Whether or not a person is one of the cancer patients for whom treatment is successful. That person plans are bound to be disturbed in some way (holleb,5). Cancer may cause turmoil in a family, changing priorities, and altering relationships. at times people even feal as if the disease has completely taken over their lives. (struss,4). For some people the case is that the cancer may grow and spread throughout the body, causing them to under go sometimes a tedious treatment process.

The term cancer is a Greek word for crab. Cancer is basically an abnormal growth of malignant cells (”Adults”). These cells are not foreign, but are in fact part of our bodies all our lives (Anku, 7). There are two major types of cancers, solid tumor carcinoma and sarcoma. Carcinomas are directly applied to malignant tumors and sarcomas are other major forms of cancer , these include tumors that originate from muscles, bones, or fibrous tissues (Lazio, 64-65). Cancer by itself is not deadly until it infects a certain part of our bodies. The part of the body infected is one of the many ways of categorizing the cancer to find out what type the person might have (Anku,7).

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Lung cancer is one particular type of cancer that is more deadly and common than any other. Lung cancer is defined as being a tumor in the lung consisting of many mutated cancer cells (”Adults”). One of the danger factors involved with lung cancer is that if the cancer is not caught early enough it may grow out of control because cancer is malignant. A malignant cancer is a life threatening, uncontrollable growth of body tissue (”Adults”).

One of the unique features of lung cancer is its ability to travel and grow in distant parts of the body. This process is called metastasis. This special

characteristic is what distinguishes whether the cancer is malignant ,cancerous, or benign, non cancerous (Laszio,65).

The exact cause of cancer is unknown but some scientist believe that a person can be born with abnormal cells, and that these remain quiescent throughout life until some factor start them growing (”Cancer”, 294-5). Some known causes of lung cancer are smoking, environmental hazards and air pollution (”Adults”). Chronic irritation of a certain group of cells may also lead to cancerous changes (”Cancer”, 295) and some specialists think heredity may be a significant factor but a relationship between the two have not yet been established (”Cancer”, 295). Out of

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all those causes smoking is a major cause and also the leading cause of cancer related death (”Lung”).

Symptoms of early cancer are often barely noticeable (”Cancer”, 295). Some symptoms of lung cancer can be having a cough most of the time, a change in a cough you have had for a long time, or being short of breath. Coughing up phlem (sputm) with signs of blood in it, an ache or pain when breathing or coughing, or losing large amounts of weight are some of the more common symptoms of lung cancer (”Adults”).

Aside from some of the more common symptoms, there are some that are less common. These are a hoarse voice, difficulty in swallowing, swelling in the face or neck, or shortness of breath caused by fluid around the lung (called pleura effusion). All of these symptoms can be caused by other diseases besides lung cancer (”Adult”).

Occasionally there are some odd symptoms of lung cancer. For example, the cancer cells produce hormones that get into the blood stream. These hormones can produce strange symptoms that somebody may not realize are anything to do with lung cancer. Symptoms like pins and needles, numbness in fingers, toes or muscle

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weakness. Also a person may get drowsy or confused. These symptoms rarely occur but are

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