| This article aims to offer you information on the | | | | the US surgeon general in 2005. The carcinogenic |
| causes of lung cancer as well as the different | | | | effects of radon have been proven beyond a |
| types of lung cancer. | | | | doubt. |
| Mesothelioma, a type of cancer that affects the | | | | Lung cancer is categorized into small cell and |
| lining of the lungs, is one of the rare type of lung | | | | non-small cell depending on the size. |
| cancers, with around 2,000 new cases being | | | | Small cell lung cancer |
| registered in the United States annually. The | | | | This form of lung cancer grows very fast and |
| majority of the people who are afflicted by this | | | | spreads rapidly. The only thing to be grateful for |
| form are those who were employed at some | | | | is that it is not as prevalent as the other form, |
| time or the other in asbestos factories and who | | | | which is the non-small type. There are different |
| invariably inhaled the toxic asbestos fumes. More | | | | methods of treatment depending on the |
| appropriately called asbestos lung cancer, | | | | circumstances. |
| mesothelioma symptoms manifest themselves | | | | Small cell lung cancer is detected with the help of |
| sometimes as much as 30 to 40 years after the | | | | an X-ray machine in addition to physical |
| asbestos inhalation. | | | | examinations, sputum tests and laboratory tests. |
| Although smoking does not necessarily increase | | | | A medical professional will also use a |
| the risks of contracting Mesothelioma, it could | | | | bronchoscope to get a detailed look inside the |
| aggravate the existing problem by causing other | | | | lungs. Despite huge medical advances in the |
| cancers in the air passages leading to the lungs. If | | | | treatment of cancer, there is yet no cure found |
| you are a smoker and if you did work around | | | | for this type of cancer. |
| asbestos at any time, it could possibly complicate | | | | Non-small lung cancer |
| your mesothelioma treatment. | | | | The detection of non-small lung cancer employs |
| Regular lung cancer, one of the most prevalent of | | | | much the same methods as those of small. In |
| all types of cancers all around the world is | | | | addition it also uses Positron Emission Topography |
| primarily caused by smoking. Secondary causes | | | | (PET) and CAT scans to locate the exact |
| include inhalation of second-hand smoke as well as | | | | positions of the tumors. |
| the gas radon. | | | | Some of the more common symptoms of |
| According to the Environmental Protection | | | | non-small lung caner include breathing difficulties, |
| Agency, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer | | | | persistent coughing, presence of blood in the |
| among non-smokers; so much so, a national | | | | sputum, chest pains, loss of appetite and an |
| health advisory concerning radon was issued by | | | | overall run-down feeling. |