PPT-Lung Cancer CHS 232 Lecture 6

Mrs Lamis AlSayyari 1 First How Do Lungs Work Your lungs are part of the respiratory system a group of organs and tissues that work together to help you breathe The respiratory systems main job is to move fresh air into your body while removing waste gases. Each year more people die of lung cancer than of colon breast and prostate canc ers combined Most lung cancers could be prevented because they are related to smoking or secondhand smoke or less often to exposure to radon or other environmental facto Albert A. Rizzo, MD FACP FCCP. Section Chief Pulmonary/ Critical Care Medicine. Christiana Care Health System, Newark De. &. Immediate Past-Chair. National Board of Directors . American Lung Association. What it is & what you need to know. What is lung cancer?. 2 types:. 1. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 85% of cases. 2. Small cell lung cancer -10%-15% of all lung cancer cases. . Symptoms of lung cancer. Background and Developments regarding the Role of Asbestos as a Cause of Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer: Medical Aspects of Causation. Aneuploidy. Unlimited cell reproduction and failure of cell death. Animal Studies. By: Cindy . Stegman. RN BSN. Alverno. College MSN 621. Spring 2010. stegmacm@alverno.edu. How to navigate this tutorial:. To advance to next slide click on box. To advance to previous slide click on box. Table of Contents. 1. Lung Cancer Summary. 2. Types of Lung Cancer. 3. Types of Lung Cancer continued. 4.Diagnostic Imaging. 5.Risk Factors. 6.Symptoms. 7. Conditions. 8.Diagnostic and Testing. 9. Diagnostic and testing continued. PGY-6. Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow . GOALS. Lung Cancer Incidence & Mortality . Dealing with Incidental Found Nodules. You are responsible for all ED “un” necessary imaging . Lung . Cancer . Consequences of the Lack of Patients of color & Structural barriers to Quality. Christopher S. Lathan, M.D., M.S., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine. Faculty Director of Cancer Care Equity, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Reasons why lung cancer survival is still variable and poor?. Late presentation . Deprivation (not just smoking, but mainly). Lack of advocacy & research. Stigma. Access to staff,diagnostics and treatment. Dani. S. . Zander. , MD. Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology. Penn State College of Medicine/Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Smoking-Related Lung Diseases. Cause. Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD): emphysema, chronic bronchitis, small airway disease. Subjects Included in Study: main stem bronchus) Regional extension (disease extending pleura, trachea, esophagus, with neurologic involvement, hilar nodes) Distant metastasis (disease extending contra Lung Cancer: Medical Aspects of Causation. Aneuploidy. Unlimited cell reproduction and failure of cell death. Animal Studies. Basic Toxicology. New Data on Causation. New Studies. New Statistics. Number of cases. Kamil Konopka. Department of Oncology, University Hospital in Cracow. Lung cancer epidemiology. Most common malignancy worldwide. 14% of all new cancers are lung cancers. Lung cancer (NSCLC&SCLC) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (excluding skin cancers). , M.D. The term lung cancer, or bronchogenic carcinoma, refers to malignancies that originate in the airways or pulmonary parenchyma. Lung . cancer . is among . the most common . cancers worldwide. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in both men and women.