Lung Disease

Asbestos

2010-09-29T17:18:00.000-07:00

AsbestosOne of Lung Cancer Cause as well as Mesothelioma Risk Factor Asbestos have been used for a long time ago, even hundred years ago and it still used nowadays. Doesn’t matter what time asbestos use and for any reason, it also comes with the risk. The risk that asbestos have is very horrible, it comes with very dangerous disease. The diseases that asbestos can make due to a long time exposure

Lungs

2010-09-27T05:54:00.000-07:00

LungsRespiratory System Our lung is a very important part of body that used for respiratory. Our lung, divides into two lobes and the right into three lobes. If we count the length of airways that our lung has, the lungs contain approximately 1500 miles or 2,400 km, and the total surface of lung is about 70 m square in adult. Our lungs indeed have a very wide surface. Since its sucking air every

Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

2010-06-06T18:48:00.000-07:00

In patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer and who have no evidence of distant metastases, radiotherapy is recommended to loco-regional disease because it may be associated with a survival advantage compared with placebo. It has been known for many years that ionizing radiation is capable of killing lung cancer cells and reducing tumour size. Radiotherapy usually become an option for

Lungcancer Treatment Chemotherapy

2010-06-05T16:37:00.000-07:00

Chemotherapy is a lung cancer treatment management that primary used to treat small cell lung cancer, and chemotherapy often combined with radiation therapy, since lung surgery doesn’t seems has significant effect. Primary chemotherapy is also given in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. In non-small cell lung cancer, chemotherapy using drugs to destroy tumors, and is usually used along with

Lung Treatment Radiotherapy

2010-06-04T04:45:00.000-07:00

In patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer and who have no evidence of distant metastases, radiotherapy is recommended to loco-regional disease because it may be associated with a survival advantage compared with placebo. Radiotherapy is a lung cancer treatment option for patients who are not eligible for surgery. When using radio therapy, doctor often combined together with

Lung Cancer Prevention

2010-06-03T02:48:00.000-07:00

Smoking is the largest cause and risk factor of lung cancer. So, one of the most thing that can do to prevent lung cancer is stop smoking. By stop smoking, it will reduce the lung cancer risk greatly. But, stop smoking is not a simple matter. For those who are heavy smoker, stop smoking is a very hard deal. To stop smoking habit, many countries that release a guidance to stop smoking in order to

Lung Cancer Risk Factor - Previous Lung Disease

2010-06-02T09:29:00.000-07:00

For someone who in their life has lung disease at least once, the risk in getting lung cancer is increased slightly. The lung diseases that use for study case are emphysema, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy and tuberculosis. And this is the result from lung cancer risk from previous lung disease. In these studies, the researcher has provided evidence for increased risk of lung

Lung Cancer Risk Asbestos

2010-05-31T06:34:00.000-07:00

Asbestos have become part of our life, it is exist among us, and we use it to build our house and many building. Asbestos can cause many types of lung disease, includes lung cancer. There is a synergistic effect between tobacco smoking and asbestos in the formation of lung cancer. In the UK, asbestos accounts for 2–3% of male lung cancer deaths. Asbestos can also cause cancer of the pleura,

Emphysema Diagnosis

2010-05-29T08:12:00.000-07:00

Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lung that primarily causes shortness of breath. Until now, emphysema treatment management that can cure emphysema completely has yet not found. To detect emphysema there are various ways, but emphysema diagnosis usually confirmed by pulmonary function testing called spirometry. However, other diagnosis also used. To determine if you have

Lung Cancer Risk Radon Gas

2010-05-29T01:28:00.000-07:00

The main cause and risk factor of lung cancer and most of respiratory diseases are small particles that bring by air. One of them is radon gas. Radon gas doesn’t have colors and odor, and it is generated by the breakdown of radioactive radium, which is often found in uranium mining, radon can found in the Earth's crust. Radon has a half-life of 3.8 days and decays into short-lived radioactive

Smoking Lung Cancer

2010-05-28T04:30:00.001-07:00

Smoking is renowned as the main cause of lung cancer, especially cigarettes. 90% of all lung cancer death cases are caused by smoking. In United States, smoking also caused most of lung cancer cases, counting over 80%. It contains more than 50 substances that have dangerous effect for our body, such as; radioisotopes from the radon decay sequence, nitrosamine, and benzopyrene. Additionally,

Lung Cancer Surgical Resection for Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

2010-05-27T04:11:00.000-07:00

Lung surgery is the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer when it’s in early stage. Lung surgical resection has been shown to have the best treatment result in the best 5 year lung cancer survival rates compared to other non-small cell lung cancer treatment management. Dr Evarts Graham renown for the first doctors that successful pneumonectomy in 1933, since then doctor has developed

Lung Cancer Surgery

2010-05-25T23:46:00.000-07:00

Surgery is a lung cancer treatment that fit to remove the tumor when in early stage (1 or 2). It involves the surgical excision of cancer tissue from the lung. The result of lung surgery often remarkable, however, it not suitable to treat lung cancer late stage that have spread (metastasis). Surgery is mainly use for non-small cell lung cancer treatment. Lung surgery is not suitable for all

Emphysema Treatment

2010-05-17T03:27:00.000-07:00

Emphysema is incurable disease. The treatment focus of prolonging the patient life and increase their quality of life. The most important and the first things to do in emphysema treatment is stop smoking. With this way, emphysema will progression will be slower and patient will be ready in treatment for emphysema. Emphysema Treatment Emphysema is also treated by supporting the breathing with:

Small Cell Lung Cancer treatment by stage

2010-05-15T04:33:00.000-07:00

Typically, treatment for small cell lung carcinoma is dependent on what stage the cancer is at. SCLC StageOptimal Small Cell Lung Cancer TreatmentIf not appropriate Limited StagePlatinum based chemotherapy (4–6 cycles) combined with thoracic radiotherapy concomitant with first or second cycle Prophylactic cranial irradiation for complete respondersPalliative chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer treatment by stage

2010-05-14T16:34:00.000-07:00

Lung Cancer StageLung Cancer Treatment optionIf not suitabble for treatment option, treat depending on symptoms and performance status Lung Cancer Stages 1 and 2Surgical resectionRadical radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy or Palliative management or Observation if not symptomatic Lung Cancer Stage 3AInduction chemotherapy Surgical resection and/or Mediastinal radiotherapy or Radical combination

Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging

2010-05-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is less common compared to non-small cell lung cancer and comprises up to 25% of all lung cancers. The difference between SCLC and NSCLC is the rapid tumour doubling time and high growth fraction. Just like non-small cell lung cancer, staging in SCLC play an important role because it guides treatment and helps to predict outcomes. However, the TNM staging system is

TNM Staging for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

2010-05-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

Knowing lung cancer stage is an important part of the assessment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. These patients undergo staging as part of the process of considering prognosis and treatment. T Staging (Primary Tumor) This staging show how big the tumor is. N Staging (Lymph Nodes) Whether the cancer cell is metastasis to lymph nodes or no. Patients with mediastinal nodes larger

Lung Cancer Staging

2010-05-13T04:42:00.000-07:00

Lung cancer staging is important to determine lung cancer treatment and prognosis, it is also the assessment of the degree to which a lung cancer has spread from its original source. The more advanced stages of lung cancer indicate a poorer prognosis and are less amenable to treatment. There are several methods, or modalities to determine this assessment. They are broadly classified into

Lung Cancer Stages

2010-05-13T04:40:00.001-07:00

Lung cancer Stage: Lung Cancer Stage 0: The tumor is still in situ, and not yet become cancerous tumor. Lung Cancer Stage 1A: Tumor size is small, only 3 cm or less, it doesn't show any metastasis. Lung Cancer Stage 1B: The tumor is bigger (more than 3 cm), but it still not metastasis, yet. Lung Cancer Stage 2A: Tumor size is less than 3 cm, it is metastasis in

Lung Cancer Treatment

2010-05-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

Lung cancer treatment successful rate may vary depend on various factors. The most important factors are the histopathology (diseased tissue) type of lung cancer and the stage of the cancer. However, these are lung cancer treatment methods that use, such as: Surgery Surgical removal of the tumor is generally performed for limited-stage (stage I or sometimes stage II) NSCLC and is the treatment of

Lung Adenocarcinoma Subtypes

2010-05-09T21:46:00.000-07:00

Adenocarcinoma has a vary tumors, and some of histological subtypes are currently recognized: Acinar adenocarcinoma Papillary adenocarcinoma Bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma Solid adenocarcinoma with mucin production Adenocarcinoma of the lung tends to stain mucin positive as it is derived from the mucus producing glands of the lungs. Similar to other adenocarcinoma, if this tumor is well

Adenocarcinoma

2010-05-09T21:02:00.000-07:00

Adenocarcinoma counts 40% of all lung cancer cases. Unlike small cell lung cancer and squamous cell lung cancer, which both tend to be more centrally located, adenocarcinoma usually is seen in peripheral lung tissue. The peripheral location of adenocarcinoma in the lungs is due to the use of filters in cigarettes which prevent the larger particles from entering the lung. Generally,

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Prognosis

2010-05-07T18:01:00.000-07:00

Non-small cell lung cancer prognosis depend on the following: Lung Cancer Stage The size of the tumor and whether the tumor has spread (metastasis) or no. Lung Cancer symptoms such as coughing or trouble breathing. Patient health The treatment for lung cancer cannot done if the patient health is not in good condition. However, there are also another factor that may influence the lung cancer

Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) Prognosis

2010-05-06T03:09:00.000-07:00

In patients with small cell lung cancer, stage (limited versus extensive) and performance status are essential prognosis factors, and should be documented at diagnosis in every case. The stage is an essential prognostic factor in small cell lung cancer, but is usually simplified as either limited or extensive. The definitions of these staging terms are not always consistent between institutions,