Lung Cancer
by: Lexi Butcher
Pictures.
this shows a healthy lung vs. a smokers lung.
A diagram showing what cancer looks like in the lungs.
this shows some of the symptoms of lung cancer.
People who can contract lung cancer.
- Smokers
- It can be inherited
- Non-Smokers
- More men than women contract it
How it's treated.
Surgery
- for early stages of lung cancer.
- uses high energy rays to treat the cancer.
- uses anti-cancer drugs to treat lung cancer.
- full course can take up to 4 months.
Lung Cancer Survival Rate.
The survival rate for localized lung cancer is 54 percent. When the cancer spreads to other organs, the survival rate is only 4 percent.
Treating lung cancer