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Types of Lung cancer:
Broader types of Lung cancer:
Incidence (annual) of Lung cancer: 169,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: lung and bronchus cancers)
Incidence Rate of Lung cancer: approx 1 in 1,605 or 0.06% or 169,400 people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Lung cancer:
1 in 17 lifetime risk of lung cancer for women in the US (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
Patient Profile for Lung cancer: Usually older adults 40-70; most are smokers.
Prognosis of Lung cancer: It depends upon the histological type of cancer, the stage (degree of spread), and the patient's performance status . Only about 2% of those diagnosed with lung cancer that has spread to other areas of the body are alive five years after the diagnosis, although the survival rates for lung cancers diagnosed at a very early stage are higher, with approximately 49% surviving for five years or longer.
Complications of Lung cancer:
see complications of Lung cancer
Prognosis of Lung cancer: Survival rates
have improved for non small-cell lung cancer because of advances in
combination radiation/chemotherapy treatment. However, small cell lung
cancer is still very difficult to treat. Small cell is the most aggressive
of lung cancers, and many patients have advanced disease at the time of
diagnosis. Small cell lung cancer is responsive to both chemotherapy and
radiation, yet nearly all these patients eventually relapse and need
additional treatment. (Source: excerpt from Lung Cancer: NWHIC)
Deaths for Lung cancer: 160,440 estimated deaths for lung/bronchial cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
Causes of Lung cancer: see causes of Lung cancer
Risk factors for Lung cancer:
see
risk factors for Lung cancer
Symptoms of Lung cancer: see symptoms of Lung cancer
Complications of Lung cancer: see complications of Lung cancer
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Lung cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Lung cancer.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Lung cancer: General practitioner, Primary care physician, Pulmonologist, Medical oncologist, Oncosurgeon, Dermatologist, Physiotherapist, Physiologist, Neurologist, Thoracic surgeon, Radiation oncologist, Immunologist, Psychologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Lung cancer.
Treatments for Lung cancer:
see treatments for Lung cancer
Prevention of Lung cancer:
see prevention of Lung cancer
Research for Lung cancer:
see research for Lung cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Lung cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Lung cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Lung cancer include:
Main name of condition: Lung cancer
Class of Condition for Lung cancer: cancer
lung tumor
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