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The kind of treatment used for management and also the amount of time given to a lung cancer patient has numerous and different side effects. These vary for each patient, and it also depends on things like fitness level, age, health, and a range of other factors. After surgery to the lungs, a patient experience one of the usual problems associated is the accumulation of air and liquid deep in the chest. It’s very important that patients who have under gone this kind of surgery have help of a physiotherapist to educate them in deep breathing exercises and help in turning repeatedly. These are aids in expanding the lungs and preventing infection. Other things associated with this surgery that are difficult to deal with are discomfort on breathing, weakness to the chest and legs, and shortness of breath.

Researchers from the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center found a new study to be able to predict which tumors would be most likely to respond to traditional therapy or standard first line therapy administration of what is called platinum-based chemotherapy, which works by damaging DNA and interrupting the chain of cellular events that leads to cancer proliferation. The genetic profile of a particular lung tumor can help clinicians make the crucial decision about which treatment to try first. They were able to draw conclusions about which genes were turned on and which were turned off in these samples, and subsequently created a genomic map for cisplatin sensitivity a most commomly used agent in lung cancer treatment.
Most of these patients gain the most benefit from their initial treatment strategy. It could also make a huge difference in the treatment of patients with late-stage lung cancer. This represents a big step in the move toward individualized medicine.

My work is managing a band who plays in bars, hotel’s and event’s. Many find it weird because I don’t drink or even smoke. I normally compensate by talking a lot and listening a lot to other people. Most of the places we work at are filled with smokers and many of us breathe their fumes whether we like it or not. While cigarette smoking is an undisputed cause of lung cancer, approximately ten per cent of lung cancers occur in non-smokers like me. Although not every non-smoker suffering from lung cancer will have an identifiable risk factor for development of the disease, a number of conditions and circumstances have been identified that will increase our chance of developing lung cancer.
Passive smoking or the inhalation of tobacco smoke from other smokers is an established risk factor for the development of lung cancer. This is what smokers don’t know and apparently don’t care is that some of the chemicals found in second hand smoking include: carbon monoxide (found in car fumes), ammonia (found in window cleaner), cadium (found in batteries), and arsenic (found in rat poison).
Aside from our polluted air, people who are exposed to second hand smoke would likely to develop and die from heart problems, breathing problems and lung cancer.
In this case, I am making sure that my insurance is worth all the smoke I get from other people.

Chest x-rayis done to look for the cause of symptoms, like shortness of breath, chronic cough–a cough that lasts for a long time), and fever.

X rays–they are electromagnetic waves that use ionizing radiation in creating pictures of the inside of your body.

Fluid in the chest (pleural effusion). Lung cancer can cause fluid to accumulate in the space that surrounds the lungs in the chest cavity (pleural space). Pleural effusion can result from cancer spreading outside the lungs or in reaction to lung cancer inside the lungs. Fluid accumulating in the chest can cause shortness of breath. Treatments are available to drain the fluid from your chest and reduce the risk that pleural effusion will occur again. Cancer that spreads to the pleura is considered inoperable, so surgery isn’t an option for treatment.

Cancer that spreads to other parts of the body (metastasis). Lung cancer often spreads (metastasizes) to other parts of the body — most commonly the opposite lung, brain, bones, liver and adrenal glands. Cancer that spreads can cause signs and symptoms, including pain, nausea, headaches or others based on what organ is affected. In some cases, treatments are available for isolated metastasis, but in most cases, the goal of treatment for metastasis is only to relieve signs and symptoms.

Death. Unfortunately, survival rates haven’t improved for people diagnosed with lung cancer. In most cases, the disease is fatal. Almost 60 percent, or three out of every five people, diagnosed with lung cancer die within a year. Keep in mind, however, that this number includes people diagnosed with all types of lung cancer at all stages of the disease. People diagnosed at the earliest stages have the greatest chances for a cure. Your doctor can discuss more relevant statistics about your chances for survival with you.

Source: mayoclinic.com

“This is the first demonstration of this link,” says co-author Ian Blair, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmacology . “This is a second, but indirect, way in which PAHs can cause cancer. We also know that PAHs can also cause cancer directly.”

PAH, has the ability to cause the mutations in the cells alone and its ability to influence genes is something new that it surprised researchers that have been studying the results. Lung cancer is one of the leading forms of cancers responsible for deaths in the United States and better understanding of the disease such as this one leads to better treatment and management options to help those suffering from lung cancer.