YOU often cough? Every so often, so never stop, even to bleed? Also shortness of breath, fever, and weight loss? If yes, do not underestimate these things. That could be a symptom of lung cancer, silent killer which until now still difficult to cure.
Lung cancer is a tumor that grows in the lung, which mostly comes from cells in the lung. But lung cancer can also come from cancer in other body parts that spread to the lung. According to Prof. Dr. Faisal Yunus MD, Ph.D., FCCP, expert of lung disease from MH Thamrin Hospital, lung cancer is the cancer most often occurs, both men and women. This cancer is also one major cause of cancer deaths.
“Rarely people affected by this disease can survive for years. At least one year. Lung cancer is not like cancer in common, which still can be treated,” he said.
More than 90 percent of lung disease, the beginning of bronchitis. These cancers can be called squeamish cell carcinoma, carcinoma small cell or wheat cell carcinoma, carcinoma large cell, and adenocarnoma. Carcinoma alveolar cells derived from the alveoli in the lung. This cancer can be a single growth. But often attack more than one area in the lung. But not all cancers or tumors can be found, there are some less common lung cancer, among others, adenoma, which is benign cancer, and sarcomas, malignant cancers classified.
Meanwhile, the lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system, which can be derived from the lung or is spread from other organs. Many cancers originating from other places that spread to the lung. This cancer usually comes from the breast, colon, prostate, kidney, thyroid, stomach, cervix, rectum, testicles, bones and skin.
“It could also be the biggest cause of people affected by lung cancer because of cigarette smoke, both passive and active,” explained Prof Dr. Faisal. As many as 90 percent of men affected by lung disease from smoking, and about 70 percent suffered by women. The more cigarettes smoked, the risk of developing lung cancer is greater.
Only a small proportion of cancer of the lung or about 10-15 percent in men and five percent in women caused by substances found or inhaled in the workplace. “Usually hereditary factors can also increase the lung cancer,” he added.
Air pollution as a cause of lung cancer, especially adenocarcinoma, and “alveolar cell carcinoma” occurs in people who have a lung scarring due to a lung disease, such as tuberculosis and fibrosis.
Some symptoms that can be seen and felt from lung cancer, among others, shortness of breath, persistent cough, coughing out blood, chest pain, sighing, fever, and weight loss. Usually these symptoms only occur when the cancer has end-stage step, which means that smoker will not realize that he had a cancer since a young age. The symptoms of lung diseases that often occur among people usually persistent cough on people who smoke, difficulty breathing, voice changes than usual, and cough for more than two weeks to people who do not smoke.
Period of people affected by lung cancer is about 10-15 years. If since the age of 15 years, people have been smoking, probably at the age of 35 or 40 years old man suffering from lung cancer. The diagnosis of lung cancer based on the type of cell types, and signs enough. One way that can be used is to consume antioxidants, which are compounds that can neutralize free radicals by protecting the body cells, especially the lung. But this is a last resort and not a 100 percent treatment inhibit or prevent cancer. This is only to reduce the risk of cancer.
There are several antioxidants that can be consumed, i.e., Vitamins A, C and E as food supplements. These antioxidants protect the lung against damage by oxidation and fracture (fr). Some foods such as soy, tofu, tempeh, and oncom genistein also contain compounds that are antioxidants and powerful anti-tumor, which can stimulate the immune system. The work is to stimulate the restoration of tumor cells into normal cells, especially in lung cancer. Green tea, which contains bioflavonoids “Epi-Gallo Catechin Gallat” is also a powerful antioxidant, whose activities are ten times more powerful than vitamin C.
There are several types of treatment for this disease, namely surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This type of treatment tailored to the type of cancer, the level of expansion or spread at the time of diagnosis, and the overall health condition of the patient. Surgery is the act of primary treatment at an early stage cancer. Patients who undergo surgery cannot be switched to radio therapy.
The level of disease cure lung cancer is still very good if you are still at an early stage. The problem is very rare cancers detected at this point. If cancer cells have spread to other areas, treatment options are chemo therapy and radio therapy. If the cancer blocking the main air flow, can be used lasers to freeze the tumor, or keep open the flow of air with a stent or tube.
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