PULMONARY NEOPLASMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED .Buy Quality Materials!
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PULMONARY NEOPLASMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED .Buy Quality Materials!
__________________ is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States
Lung cancer
_____________________ is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in US men and women, behind prostate and breast ca...
PULMONARY NEOPLASMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+
GRADED .Buy Quality Materials!
__________________ is the most common cause of cancer death in the United
States
Lung cancer
_____________________ is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in
US men and women, behind prostate and breast cancers respectively
Lung cancer
Worldwide-most common type of cancer diagnosed in men and women
leading cause of cancer death in men and women worldwide
Lung cancer
Risk factors for Lung Cancer
-smoking
-radon exposure
-second-hand smoke exposure
-enironmental exposures (ionizing radiation from medial therapy, or testing, asbestos
metals, hydrocarbons)
-other lung disease (pulmonary fibrosis)
-HIV
-family hx of lung cancer
-alcohol and poor diet
________ are more likely to develop lung CA and have lower rates of survival at
all stages compared to women
Men
Women who do develop lung CA are more likely to have
________________________, have a higher likelihood of localized disease at
presentation and present at a younger age than men
adenocarcinoma
Lung cancer rates are 20% lower
in __________________________________ compared to Caucasian women
African American women
In men, _________________________ have 45% higher rate than Caucasians,
although most of this is attributable to smoking pattern
African Americans
Overall survival in African Americans is 13% lower compared to Caucasians at all
stages of the disease for _____________________________
both men and women
Lung CA is an insidious process, and the majority of patients will have
well _______________________________ at the time of diagnosis
advanced disease
Symptoms from lung CA can be related to the ______________________________
or ________________________, distant metastasis, or paraneoplastic
syndromes due to ectopic hormone production
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