Lung Cancer In The Body
By. Nadine Acosta
What is Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer is the growth of abnormal cells that bwgin in one or both lungs. They do not develop into healthy lung tissue, they instead divide rapidly and form tumors.
Some Symptoms to Lung Cancer
The most common symptoms of lung cancer are:
A cough that does not go away or gets worse
Chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing, or laughing
Hoarseness
Weight loss and loss of appetite
Coughing up blood or rust-colored sput
Shortness of breath
Feeling tired or weak
Infections
Causes and Prevention
- Don't smoke.
- Avoid secondhand smoke. ...
- Test your home for radon (smoke that can't be detected by the five senses )
- Eat a diet full of fruits and vegetables.
- Exercise
Treatment
There are four main ways to treat lung cancer, they are...
surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy.
Frequency in population
People get lung cancer from more cities with bad pollution and where more people smoke.
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVoX3z8GVg
a clip from the Doctors. It tells you many facts such as 1 in 5 women have never smoked yet have lung cancer!