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Lung Cancer


 
Lung cancer is cancer that begins in the lungs, the two organs found in the chest that help you breathe.

The lungs are made up of areas called lobes. The right lung has three lobes; the left lung has two, so there's room for the heart. When you breathe, air goes through your nose, down your windpipe (trachea), and into the lungs where it spreads through tubes called bronchi. Most lung cancer begins in the cells that line these tubes.

There are two main types of lung cancer:

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer.
Small cell lung cancer makes up about 20% of all lung cancer cases.
If the lung cancer is made up of both types, it is called mixed small cell/large cell cancer.

If the cancer started somewhere else in the body and spread to the lungs, it is called metastatic cancer to the lung.

Symptoms
Early lung cancer may not cause any symptoms. Many times, lung cancer is found when an x-ray is done for another reason.

Symptoms depend on the specific type of cancer you have, but may include:

Cough that doesn't go away
Coughing up blood
Shortness of breath
Wheezing
Chest pain
Loss of appetite
Losing weight without trying
Fatigue


Additional symptoms that may also occur with lung cancer:

Weakness
Swallowing difficulty
Nail problems
Joint pain
Hoarseness or changing voice
Swelling of the face
Facial paralysis
Eyelid drooping
Bone pain or tenderness
These symptoms can also be due to other, less serious conditions, so it is important to talk to your health care provider.

For more information, see:

Small cell lung cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer

Treatment
Treatment depends on the specific type of lung cancer. Each type is treated differently. Chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery may be needed.

See the individual articles on the different types of lung cancer:

Non-small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer

Causes
Lung cancer is the deadliest type of cancer for both men and women. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.

Lung cancer is more common in older adults. It is rare in people under age 45.

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer.

The more cigarettes you smoke per day and the earlier you started smoking, the greater your risk of lung cancer. There is no evidence that smoking low-tar cigarettes lowers the risk.

However, lung cancer has occurred in people who have never smoked.

Secondhand smoke (breathing the smoke of others) increases your risk of lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 3,000 non-smoking adults will die each year from lung cancer related to breathing secondhand smoke.

The following may also increase one's risk of lung cancer:

High levels of air pollution
High levels of arsenic in drinking water
Radon gas
Asbestos
Family history of lung cancer
Radiation therapy to the lungs
Exposure to cancer-causing chemicals such as uranium, beryllium, vinyl chloride, nickel chromates, coal products, mustard gas, chloromethyl ethers, gasoline, and diesel exhaust

Tests & diagnosis
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history. You will be asked if you smoke, and if so, how long you have smoked.

When listening to the chest with a stethoscope, the health care provider can sometimes hear fluid around the lungs, which could (but doesn't always) suggest cancer.

Tests that may be performed include:

Chest x-ray
Sputum cytology test to look for cancer cells
Blood work
CT scan of the chest
MRI of the chest
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan


In some cases, the health care provider may need to remove a piece of tissue from your lungs for examination under a microscope. This is called a biopsy. There are several ways to do this:

Bronchoscopy combined with biopsy
Pleural biopsy
CT scan directed needle biopsy
Mediastinoscopy with biopsy
Open lung biopsy
For more information, see:

Small cell lung cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer


Prognosis
How well a patient does depends on the following:

Type of lung cancer
Whether or not the cancer has spread
Your age
Your overall health
How well you respond to treatment
The earlier the cancer is found, the better the chances of survival. Lung cancer is a deadly disease. Nearly 60% of people with lung cancer die within a year. However, some people are cured and go on to live many years.

Prevention
If you smoke, quit. It is never too late to stop smoking. You should also avoid breathing in the smoke from other people's cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may help prevent some cases of lung cancer.

Complications
The cancer may spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). Cancer treatment can cause significant side effects.

When to contact a doctor
Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of lung
 

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Small cell lung cancer

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing type of lung cancer. It spreads much more quickly than non-small cell lung cancer.

There are three different types of small cell lung cancer:

Small cell carcinoma (oat cell cancer)
Mixed small cell/large cell carcinoma
Combined small cell carcinoma
Most small cell lung cancers are the oat cell type.

Symptoms
Bloody sputum (phlegm)
Chest pain
Cough
Loss of appetite
Shortness of breath
Weight loss
Wheezing


Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:

Facial swelling
Fever
Hoarseness or changing voice
Swallowing difficulty
Weakness

Treatment
Because SCLC spreads quickly throughout the body, treatment must include cancer-killing drugs (chemotherapy) taken by mouth or injected into the body.

Chemotherapy may be combined with radiation therapy of the lungs in people who have limited disease.
The most commonly used drugs in the U.S. are etoposide with either cisplatin or carboplatin.
Because the disease has usually spread by the time it is diagnosed, very few patients with SCLC are helped by having surgery. Surgery is only considered when there is only one tumor that has not spread. Chemotherapy or radiation will be needed after surgery.

Combination chemotherapy and radiation treatment is given to people with extensive SCLC. However, the treatment only helps relieve symptoms. It does not cure the disease.

Often, SCLC may have already spread to the brain, even when there are no symptoms or other signs of cancer in the brain. As a result, radiation therapy to the brain may be given to some patients with smaller cancers, or to those who had a good response in the first round of chemotherapy. This method is called prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI).

Causes
About 15% of all lung cancer cases are small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer is slightly more common in men than women.

Almost all cases of SCLC are due to cigarette smoking. SCLC is rare in those who have never smoked.

SCLC is the most aggressive form of lung cancer. It usually starts in the breathing tubes (bronchi) in the center of the chest. Although the cancer cells are small, they grow very quickly and create large tumors. These tumors often spread rapidly (metastasize) to other parts of the body, including the brain, liver, and bone.

Tests & diagnosis
Your health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history. You will be asked whether you smoke, and if so, how much and for how long you have smoked.

When listening to your chest with a stethoscope, your health care provider can sometimes hear fluid around the lungs or areas of partial lung collapse. Each of these findings could (but does not always) suggest cancer.

Small cell lung cancer has usually spread to other parts of your body by the time it is diagnosed.

Tests that may be performed include:

Bone scan
Chest x-ray
Complete blood count (CBC)
CT scan
Liver function tests
MRI
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Sputum test (cytology, looking for cancer cells)
Thoracentesis (removal of fluid from the chest cavity around the lungs)
In some cases, your health care provider may need to remove a piece of tissue from your lungs for examination under a microscope. This is called a biopsy. There are several ways to do this:

Bronchoscopy combined with biopsy
CT scan-directed needle biopsy
Endoscopic esophageal ultrasound (EUS) with biopsy
Mediastinoscopy with biopsy
Open lung biopsy
Pleural biopsy
Usually, if a biopsy reveals cancer, more imaging tests are done to find out the stage of the cancer. (Stage means how big the tumor is and how far it has spread.) However, the traditional staging system, which uses numbers to tell how advanced the cancer is, is usually not used for patients with SCLC. Instead, SCLC is classified as either:

Limited (cancer is only in the chest and can be treated with radiation therapy)
Extensive (cancer has spread outside the chest)
The majority of cases are extensive.

Prognosis
How well you do depends on how much the lung cancer has spread.

Without treatment, the average survival is 2 -4 months. Treatment can often prolong life to 6 - 12 months in patients with extensive disease. About 10% of patients with limited spread will show no evidence of cancer at 2 years.

This type of cancer is very deadly. Only about 6% of people with this type of cancer are still alive 5 years after diagnosis.

Prevention
If you smoke, stop smoking. It's never too late to quit. In addition, you should try to avoid secondhand smoke.

Routine screening for lung cancer is not recommended. Many studies have been done to look at this idea, but physicians have concluded that, at this time, screening would not help improve a person's chance for a cure.

Complications
Cancer spreads to other parts of the body
 

Non small cell lung cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer. It usually grows and spreads more slowly than small cell lung cancer.

There are three forms of NSCLC:

Adenocarcinomas are often found in an outer area of the lung.
Squamous cell carcinomas are usually found in the center of the lung by an air tube (bronchus).
Large cell carcinomas can occur in any part of the lung. They tend to grow and spread faster than the other two types.

Symptoms
Early lung cancer may not cause any symptoms. Symptoms you should watch for include:

Cough that doesn't go away
Coughing up blood
Shortness of breath
Wheezing
Chest pain
Loss of appetite
Losing weight without trying
Fatigue
Other symptoms that may be due to NSCLC:

Weakness
Swallowing difficulty
Nail problems
Joint pain
Hoarseness or changing voice
Swelling of the face
Eyelid drooping
Bone pain or tenderness
Shoulder pain or weakness
Note: These symptoms can be due to other, less serious conditions. It is important to talk to your health care provider.

Treatment
There are many different types of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Treatment depends upon the stage of the cancer.

Surgery is the often the first line of treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer that has not spread beyond nearby lymph nodes. The surgeon may remove:

One of the lobes of the lung (lobectomy)
Only a small part of the lung (wedge or segment removal)
The entire lung (pneumonectomy)
Some patients need chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells and stop new ones from growing.

Chemotherapy alone is often used when the cancer has spread (stage IV).
It may also be given before surgery or radiation to make those treatments more effective.
It may be given after surgery (called adjuvant therapy) to kill any remaining microscopic areas of cancer.
Radiation therapy uses powerful x-rays or other forms of radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be used with chemotherapy if surgery is not possible.

The following treatments are mostly used to relieve symptoms caused by NSCLC:

Laser therapy - a small beam of light burns and kills cancer cells
Photodynamic therapy - uses a light to activate a drug in the body, which kills cancer cells

Causes
Smoking causes most cases of lung cancer. The risk depends upon the number of cigarettes smoked every day and for how long someone has smoked. Being around the smoke from others (secondhand smoke) also raises your risk for lung cancer. However, people who do not smoke and have never smoked have become sick with lung cancer.

A review of decades of research has recently shown that smoking marijuana may help cancer cells grow, but there is no direct link between the drug and developing lung cancer.

High levels of air pollution and drinking water containing high levels of arsenic can increase your risk for lung cancer. Radiation therapy to the lungs can also increase the risk.

Working with or near the following cancer-causing chemicals or materials can also increase your risk:

Asbestos
Products using chloride and formaldehyde
Certain alloys, paints, pigments, and preservatives

Tests & diagnosis
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history. You will be asked if you smoke, and if so, how long you have smoked.

When listening to the chest with a stethoscope, the health care provider can sometimes hear fluid around the lungs, which could (but doesn't always) suggest cancer.

Tests that may be performed to diagnose lung cancer or see if it has spread include:

Chest x-ray
CBC
Sputum test to look for cancer cells
Bone scan
CT scan of the chest
MRI of the chest
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Thoracentesis
In some cases, the health care provider may need to remove a piece of tissue from your lungs for examination under a microscope. This is called a biopsy. There are several ways to do this:

Bronchoscopy combined with biopsy
Pleural biopsy
CT scan directed needle biopsy
Mediastinoscopy with biopsy
Open lung biopsy
Endoscopic esophageal ultrasound (EUS) with biopsy
If the biopsy reveals you do have lung cancer, more imaging tests will be done to determine the stage of the cancer. Stage means how big the tumor is and how far it's spread. Non-small cell lung cancer is divided into five stages:

Stage 0 - the cancer has not spread beyond the inner lining of the lung
Stage I - the cancer is small and hasn't spread to the lymph nodes
Stage II - the cancer has spread to some lymph nodes near the original tumor
Stage III - the cancer has spread to nearby tissue or spread to far away lymph nodes
Stage IV - the cancer has spread to other organs of the body such as the other lung, brain, or liver

Prognosis
The outlook varies widely. Most often, NSCLC develops slowly and causes few or no symptoms until very late stages. However, in some cases, it can be extremely agressive and cause rapid death. The cancer may spread to other parts of the body, including the bone, liver, small intestine, and brain.

Chemotherapy has been shown to prolong the life and improve the quality of life in some patients with stage IV NSCLC.

Cure rates are related to the stage of disease and whether you are able to have surgery.

Stage I and II cancer can be cured with surgery, sometimes in more than 50% of cases.
Stage III tumors can be cured in some cases, but cure rates are much lower than earlier stage NSCLC
Patients with stage IV disease are almost never cured, and the goals of therapy are to extend and improve the quality of their life.

Prevention
If you smoke, stop smoking. It's never too early to quit. People who have smoked in the past can be at increased risk for lung cancer more than 20 years after quitting, although the risk drops significantly in the first year after quitting. There are benefits to quitting smoking, even for people who are well into middle age.

Try to avoid secondhand smoke.

Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.

Routine screening for lung cancer is not recommended. Many studies have been done to look at the idea, but scientists have concluded that, at this time, screening does not help improve a person’s chance for a cure.

Complications
Spread of disease beyond the lung
Side effects of surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy