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Lung cancer
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Lung cancer usually
comes as a tumour
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The most
common
way to
get lung
cancer
Is to
smoke
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cigarettes are by far the main contributor
to lung cancer, in fact 85% of deaths from
lung cancer are from smoking cigarettes
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Symptom are
• Coughing up blood
• Fever
• Weight loss
• Chest pain
• Bone pain
• Difficulty swallowing
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Boys Girls
Both genders are equally likely to get lung
cancer
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The only treatment
Is surgery, chemotherapy,
and radiation.
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If left untreated, this growth
can spread away from the
lung by process of
metastasis
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Unfortunately the average
lifespan after being
diagnosed is five years
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