surgery,chemotherapy,radiation, targeted therapies and
photo dynamic therapy
100
There are ___ main types of lung cancer
Two
100
Name two symptoms of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer - Signs and Symptoms
• Worsening cough
• Constant chest pain
• Coughing up blood (haemoptosis)
• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing & loss of voice (hoarseness)
• Repeating pneumonia and bronchitis
• Swelling of neck and face
• Loss of appetite or weight without trying
• Fatigue
200
What increases your chance of getting lung cancer?
Smoking at a young age.
200
How does a doctor decide what treatment is best for the patient
Looks at their age, overall health and if the cancer has spread
200
What are the types called
non-small cell and small cell lung cancer
200
When you cough during lung cancer what come out
Blood
300
Lung cancer is responsible for how many deaths annualy
1.38 million death annually
300
What is Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy- Is a form of therapy that uses high energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
300
Which one is most common and which one is least common
Non-small cell lung cancer is most common (85%) of lung cancer patients and small cell lung cancer least common (15%)
300
During lung cancer do people lose weight or gain weight
Lose Weight
400
Smoking causes ___% of lung cancer cases
86%
400
What is Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy- Is medicine that is either given to you in a form of a pill, delivered to you in your blood stream by a machine that slowly drips blood into your system by a tube and some by injection ( a shot).
400
What is non-small lung cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer: The cancer is located only in the lungs and has not spread until it reaches to its later stages.
400
Name two late signs or symptoms of lung cancer.
Buildup of fluid around the lungs (pleural effusion)
Bone pain
Jaundice
Difficulty swallowing
Superior vena cava syndrome
Neurological changes
Weakness
Headache
Numbness in a limb
Dizziness
Seizure
Enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or above the Collarbone
500
What is lung cancer
Lung Cancer is a disease that is developed if there is uncontrolled cell growth in the tissues of the lungs.
500
Name the four types of surgery`s and describe any one of them
Pneumonectomy: doctors remove one entire lung (people can breathe using the remaining lung).
Lobectomy: doctors remove a section of the lung (a lobe).
Segmentectomy or Wedge Resection: doctors remove a part of a lobe.
Laser surgery: a high-energy beam of light destroys the cancer cells in a tumour.
500
What is small cell lung cancer
This type is located on side of the lung until it reaches its extensive stage and that is when it can spread to other parts of the body.
500
What are the two types of pains you experience during lung cancer ( hint one from early symptom and one from late)