The lungs have a highly complex branching structure made up of a number of specialized cell types, which work together to allow oxygen to enter and carbon dioxide to exit the blood. According to Cedars Sinai, lung cancer accounts for a third of...
One of the ways that cancer is initiated is via DNA damage following chronic irritation. Agents well known to irritate the lungs and lead to lung cancer over time include smoke and the irritating tars, resins, and carcinogens it contains,...
A review study in the July 2008 issue of "Archives of Pathology and Pulmonary Medicine" reports that lung tumors are rare in children and most often are noncancerous (see Reference 1). Of the rare primary tumors in children, this study reports...
Lung cancer kills nearly 160,000 people in the United States each year, and remains the leading cause of cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society (ACS) states. Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, with between 11 and...
Lung cancer is primarily caused by tobacco smoking. The data available with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, indicate that approximately 90 percent of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80 percent in women in the United...
Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world. It is also a leading cause of death for men and women. The leading cause of lung cancer is smoking. The more someone smokes and the longer someone smokes, the greater the...
According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoking is the top source of preventable disease and death worldwide. An estimated 438,000 Americans die from smoking-related illnesses each year, and smoking is directly linked to...
Folic acid is an important B vitamin that is recommended for women, especially those who are pregnant, to help prevent certain types of birth defects. Folic acid is found in foods such as broccoli, spinach and lettuce. Folic acid is used to...
Lung cancer can cause several types of paraneoplastic syndromes, symptoms that can affect areas of the body distant from the tumor and that are not caused by the direct presence of either the tumor or metastases. Paraneoplastic syndromes can be...
Lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death according to the Merck Manual, has a very high mortality rate. The average survival rate at 5 years after diagnosis ranges from 3 percent for cancers that have spread, or metastasized to 52.9...
The lungs contain several air sacs, or alveoli, that connect to the windpipe by a series of airways called bronchioles. Each of these structures contains a number of specialized cell types that work together to allow air to travel into the lungs...
No exact cause for either prostate or lung cancer is known, according to MayoClinic.com. A number of factors do play a role, some of which people can control, some of which they cannot. These cancers differ in who they affect; prostate cancer...
Approximately 222,250 new cases of lung cancer are expected to be diagnosed in 2010, according to the American Cancer Society. MayoClinic.com explains that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The two main types...
According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, with smoking and radon exposure the leading causes of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states that lung...
Rumors abound about microwave popcorn and safety. For example, you may have heard that it causes lung cancer or other lung diseases. While there's no link between microwave popcorn and lung cancer, there is the remote possibility it could increase...
Among the health hazards common in American homes is radon gas. Produced as a natural byproduct of the decay of uranium, radon has been shown to cause damage to lung tissue when inhaled, which may result in cancer. You can use simple test kits to...
Invisible and odorless, radon gas is a health hazard in many homes and offices. The radioactive breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water creates the gas that slips from the soil into a building. Gas moves through gaps and cracks found in areas...
You can't breathe easy if there's a smoker in your life. Secondhand smoke, debated as a possible health hazard for years, definitely poses dangers for nearby nonsmokers, according to the National Cancer Institute. Even short-term exposure can harm...
The list of diseases caused by cigarette smoking grows over the years as research becomes more conclusive. From the U.S. Surgeon General's original finding that cigarettes cause cancer, the deadly consequences of smoking continue to accumulate....
Much research has been conducted to determine whether second-hand smoke or environmental exposure affects those who are exposed. It is well known that cigarette smoking adversely affects the heart, lungs and brains of smokers. The Surgeon...
Nicotine is one of the many chemicals found in tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco. Nicotine is readily absorbed, and once it enters the bloodstream, it quickly moves through the body and affects the organs....
It's easy to determine whether you are a smoker or a non-smoker, but even if you never light up, you could be a victim of passive smoke. Passive smoke is the smoke in your environment emitted from the burning tip of a cigarette or a pipe, in...
Radon, an odorless and colorless gas with radioactive properties, has received high levels of attention as an air contaminant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends testing of every home and correction of any problems that are found...
Radon is a natural, tasteless, colorless, radioactive gas that, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated in a 2003, causes 21,000 cancer deaths every year. Radon is produced by the radioactive decay of traces of uranium which exist in...
It is a known fact that smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema and low birth weight. However, other detrimental health affects of smoking, such as decreased circulation, high blood pressure and strokes, while not as well known, are just as deadly.
Radon is a radioactive gas that has no smell and is difficult to detect unless you're testing specifically for it. It is produced by the decaying of uranium, which can be naturally present in the rock and soil under a house. Radon accumulates in...
Radon causes lung cancer. According to the experts at the National Cancer Institute, scientists first noted a health problem when they discovered that underground uranium miners exposed to radon had high rates of lung cancer. Researches have since...
Addison's disease is a disorder that results in your body producing insufficient amounts of certain hormones produced by your adrenal glands. Learn about the different causes, symptoms, and treatments of Addison's in this video.
Lung cancer is when lung cells become cancerous and grow at an abnormal rate taking over the lungs and spreading to other parts of the body. Lung cancer is one of the leaders in deaths caused by cancer. In this video learn more about this serious...
Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos. Sufferers have severe shortness of breath and are at an increased risk regarding several...
Small cell lung cancer (also called oat cell cancer) develops into a particularly aggressive lung cancer that grows quicker than other lung cancer. It is a very serious and difficult cancer to treat. In this video, learn more about small cell lung...
