Lung Cancer is the leading cancer killer of both men and women in America. 90% of the time lung cancer is caused by smoking. The purpose of this research paper is to inform and teach others about lung cancer, the causes and risk this disease has; as well as how it can affect us and our lungs, and how people who smoke affect themselves and the people that surround them.
The lungs are an important part in our body.The air that comes into the body through the lungs contains oxygen and other gases. In the lungs, the oxygen moves into the bloodstream and carried through the body. At each cell in the body, the oxygen cells are exchanged for waste gas called carbon dioxide. When you are exposed to smoke, this comes between our lungs getting the right air, making it harder for our lungs to functions and us breathing properly.
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What smoke does, it gets in the process of the body filtering and cleaning out the lungs. Along with that, it destroys the cilia, which is a hair-like structures that extend from …show more content…
Chemotherapy is a treatment with anti-cancer drugs, it could be injected into the vein or be taken by the mouth. What this does, it enter the bloodstream and go throughout the body. This treatment is given in 4 to 6 cycles, it last about 3 to 4 weeks, and is combine with a set of drugs; each of these drugs gets put together in combination of two, like: Cisplatin and Etoposide, Carboplatin and Etoposide, Cisplatin and Irinotecan, Carboplatin and Irinotecan. What these drugs do, they stop cancer cells from growing, and blocking the action of an enzyme in the cell, causing them to die. Follow by Radiation therapy, which is a treatment that use high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. This treatment is mostly given after chemotherapy,during therapy, and also to shrink the tumors. This treatment is given, 1 or 2 times a day, for a period of time of 3 to 7
The lungs are an important part in our body.The air that comes into the body through the lungs contains oxygen and other gases. In the lungs, the oxygen moves into the bloodstream and carried through the body. At each cell in the body, the oxygen cells are exchanged for waste gas called carbon dioxide. When you are exposed to smoke, this comes between our lungs getting the right air, making it harder for our lungs to functions and us breathing properly.
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What smoke does, it gets in the process of the body filtering and cleaning out the lungs. Along with that, it destroys the cilia, which is a hair-like structures that extend from …show more content…
Chemotherapy is a treatment with anti-cancer drugs, it could be injected into the vein or be taken by the mouth. What this does, it enter the bloodstream and go throughout the body. This treatment is given in 4 to 6 cycles, it last about 3 to 4 weeks, and is combine with a set of drugs; each of these drugs gets put together in combination of two, like: Cisplatin and Etoposide, Carboplatin and Etoposide, Cisplatin and Irinotecan, Carboplatin and Irinotecan. What these drugs do, they stop cancer cells from growing, and blocking the action of an enzyme in the cell, causing them to die. Follow by Radiation therapy, which is a treatment that use high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. This treatment is mostly given after chemotherapy,during therapy, and also to shrink the tumors. This treatment is given, 1 or 2 times a day, for a period of time of 3 to 7