Lung Cancer

By Jarryd Maddaford

How you get lung cancer

• Lung cancer is mostly given to people through smoking. 1 time out of 10 lung cancer is given from passive smoking.

• If you smoke often, lung cancer becomes more possible, BUT, the length of time you have been a smoker is most important. Cigarette smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.

• As soon as you stop smoking the risk of lung cancer goes down.

Other reasons for lung cancer

• The second most important risk factor for lung cancer is exposure to radon gas.

• Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can seep out of the soil.

• Less important risk factors include air pollution, exposure to certain chemicals, previous lung disease, family history of lung cancer, past cancer treatment and having poor immunity.

The symptoms of lung cancer

• Some of the most prominent symptoms of Lung Cancer are Depression, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Herpes( Woman only), HIV symptoms,, stress and stroke symptoms, STD symptoms (Men) and much much more, in fact to many to physically write down.

Treatment for Lung Cancer

• Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are all treatments for lung cancer. The treatment for lung cancer that you take will be based upon your personal information such as your general overall health, the position and size of the tumour, whether the cancer has spread past the lungs into other parts of the body and the type of lung cancer that you have.