Lung cancer surgery

x-ray: a lung x-ray image can reveal an abnormal mass or nodule (American Cancer Society 2016). • CT (computed tomography): a lung CT scan can detect small lesions that might not be detected in the x-ray image. It can show the size and shape of cancer, and where it is (American Cancer Society 2016). Sputum cytology: If the patient have a cough and is producing sputum, the doctor will look at the sputum under the microscope to detect any presence of lung cancer cells (American Cancer Society…

Today cancer kills 7.6 million people every year and the casualties from cancer have only risen over the years. Because of the rising numbers in cancer caused deaths it leads to questions as to what may be causing the large increase. There are many different factors that play a role into our everyday life that play a role in potentially increasing our chances of being diagnosed with cancer. One in three adults will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and we are slowly discovering…

“Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States.” I started with this quote because I wanted to show the emphasis on how serious tobacco use is in today’s day and age, and also how preventable it is. Tobacco use is one of the most deadly drugs someone can be acquainted with, let alone nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs. It has been proven in today’s day and age that tobacco causes a long list of diseases among many other health issues and people…

Back in 1878 lung cancer was almost a rare disease; it was only one percent of all the different types of cancer. Scientists thought, in later years once the idea that cells split, reformed, and split again, that the reason there was little talk of cancer in the ancient world was because people did not live long enough. But in the EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES by Siddhartha Mukherjee traces the history of the disease from 2500BCE to the present. By the early 1900s cancer seemed to be increasing. Or…

moral victory, cancer dies alongside its victim because it literally can not kill its host and continue to live without his/her life force. Alas, cancer’s very existence destines it to either die with Augustus or die at the hands of the treatments meant to eradicate it, and at this point the disease has already crossed the point of no return; Augustus is soon going to die, and the malady will meet its demise alongside him. Within a few short months this comes to pass, and although cancer is…

How much life do you lose from smoking? You lose about 14.5 years of the average 78.8 which comes out to about 18.4% of the average life span. they have ingredients like Cadmium Benzene which are linked to some cancers. Even though it can be used as a medication, cigarettes should be illegal because there are many side effects to using the product and many toxic chemicals go into the product. Medicine would be the last thing you think when it comes to cigarettes ,but it is true that they have a…

types of cancer. When cigarettes were first discovered there were not as many harmful chemicals in them, nowadays the harmful chemicals that are put into cigarettes are also found in rat poison and gasoline. Smoking has many negative effects on the health of an individual such as heart disease, lung cancer, COPD and death.…

“secondhand smoke is the smoke that is breathed out by a person who is smoking” (15). It is just cruel that bystanders are just as affected as those who smoked, and this is one important reason why cigarettes should be gone. Based upon, The American Cancer Society, “children are affected the worst by secondhand smoke because they are least able to avoid the smoke” (8). The thought of a poor child being affected by someone as their mother or father making a horrible decision is terrible, and more…

and 70 that can possibly cause cancer (American Cancer Society, 2010). As such, when surrounding non-smokers inhale this secondhand smoke, they become a target to the very same negative effects as smokers do, including malignant diseases such as lung cancer. In fact, according to a recent statistic published by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Secondhand smoke causes nearly “34,000 premature deaths from heart disease and 7,300 deaths from lung cancer each year in the U.S. among…

Smoking of cigarettes can cause many problems in many ways, it causes the most problems physically. Smoking is unhealthy and causes tons of health problems that negatively affect a person’s physical activity. Smoking can negatively affect people's lungs, which leads to breathing problems, especially for people who already…