of lung cancer usually begins forming in the middle of fifty or sixty years. Tobacco addiction is responsible of 80% to 90% slučajeva.Kanadski Cancer Society predicts that there will be 24 100 new cases in 2010 in the country:. 12 900 men and 11 200 women
causes
* Tobacco dependence.
* Exhibition in secondary smoke.
* Exhibition at the present carcinogenic particles in the air, as well as those who come from some asbestos from some arsenic, radon, or from pollutants in the air (oxide of carbon, ozone, etc. ).
of the
There are 2 types of lung cancer. They grow and spread in different ways in the body.
* Small cell lung cancer (SCLC). This is the most dangerous form. About 20% of the cases come under this form. At the time of diagnosis, the risk that the cancer had already scattered elsewhere in the body is high. It grows quickly and it is often impossible to treat with surgery. They are used, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
* Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This form, which represents about 80% of cases, is treated more easily than the first. It develops slowly.
symptoms
sometimes, not the symptom is prepoznatljiv.Najčešći symptoms are the following. However, other health problems may also be the source of these symptoms.
* cough that increases or does not go away (need to be attentive to cough of smokers worse).
* Constant pain in the chest, which becomes more pronounced when they cough and breathe deeply.
* Shortness of breath.
* Shortness of breath.
* Spits blood.
* The voice was hoarse for more than 3 or 4 weeks.
* Depending on the circumstances: bronchitis or pneumonias with repetition, weight loss, chronic fatigue, headaches ...