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MEDICA.de: Lung cancer - causes and diagnosis 46 weeks 6 days ago

Smoking harms you and your environment! That is well know, nevertheless you can see many people outside with a cigarette in their hand. The reason: The course of lung cancer is often unnoticed. This leads to a late diagnosis -- which leaves little time for doctors and patients to fight the disease. But there is hope: In future, a blood test may be able to give evidence if lung cancer is present or not.

Causes of Lung Cancer 1 year 8 weeks ago

Lung cancer is a malignant disease that occurs in the lung tissue. In most case, lung cancer is causes by cigarette smoking. Even some people who never smoked still get lung cancer, but statistics prove that about 90% of lung cancer patients were active smokers or former smokers.

The risk of developing lung cancer increases with the number of cigarettes smoked especially if the person starts to smoke at a young age. Lung cancer has always been more common in men, especially those over the age of 40, as more men used to smoke than women.

Lung Cancer Awareness, Know About Lung Cancer Cause And 1 year 28 weeks ago

Lung cancer is the top reason of death in both men and women. More people now die from lung cancer than of breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. About 90% of lung cancer deaths are triggered by smoking.

Ways to Prevent Lung Cancer 1 year 8 weeks ago

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world that can affect everyone and difficult to treat. That’s why we should try on prevent from this terrible disease. Fortunately, lung cancer is also one of the most preventable types of cancer. By avoiding certain risk factors for lung cancer, can significantly reduce the risk.

Lung cancer: The leading death in cancer 2 years 9 weeks ago

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