PPT-Lung Cancer Facts: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

Jasmine Huang MD Director of Education and Program Development for Norton Thoracic Institute Surgical Director Lung Cancer Screening Program November 21 2019 Head and Neck Cancer Screening and Prevention. 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 .. . Preliminary results. . Dimitra . Kerdidani. , . Vaso. . Karavana. , Sofia . Magkouta. , Aggeliki . Meligova. , Charis Roussos, Spyros . Zakynthinos. , Ioannis . Kalomenidis. , Maria Tsoumakidou. . Participating Institutions. : . Case Western Reserve University; University of Washington; University of Iowa; University of North Carolina; University of South Carolina; University of Kentucky; CDC; NCI. 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. L. CHRISTINE OLIVER, MD, MPH, MS. COLLEGIUM RAMAZZINI. OCTOBER 28, 2016. BERNARDINO RAMAZZINI 1713. DR. RAMAZZINI 1713. QUOTED HIPPOCRATES FROM . AFFECTIONS. :. “WHEN YOU COME TO A PATIENT’S HOUSE, YOU SHOULD ASK HIM WHAT SORT OF PAINS HE HAS, WHAT CAUSED THEM, HOW MANY DAYS HE HAS BEEN ILL.”. Priority Areas for Policy Change. Angela Criswell, MA . Senior Manager of Medical Outreach. Defining stigma. A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person . . Oxford Dictionary. BIO . 218 Human Anatomy. Summary: . What is Lung Cancer?. Lung Cancer is the growth of abnormal tissue characterized by the progressive, uncontrolled multiplication of cells. This abnormal growth of new cells does not develop into healthy lung tissue but rather manifest into a . Michael Bousamra II. Director . of Thoracic Surgery, Floyd Memorial Hospital. Kentucky-Indiana Cancer Registrars’ Meeting. September 8, 2016. The Lung Cancer Problem. Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. 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 . 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. 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. Wenqiang. Wei, . Ph.D. R. ongshou ZHENG. National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital,. Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Purpose. To provide an overview of the history of cancer surveillance, current cancer burden and the role of cancer registration in cancer control programs in China.. Lara K. . Goudsouzian. , Ph.D.. Associate Professor of Biology. DeSales. University. Lara.goudsouzian@desales.edu. Melanoma. Melanocytes. Produce Melanin. Melanin is a dark pigment. The melanin travels in vesicles called .