Question 1

how can  lung cancer affect the digestive and nervous system?

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Lung cancer: Lung cancer does not affect digestive system directly. Any cancer can cause loss of appetite. Lung cancer can sometimes obstruct food pipe. Rarely lung cancer can cause encephalitis or myasthenia like weakness of muscle ( eaton lambert syndrome).

Question 2

what organs does lung cancer attack?

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Local versus mets: Lung cancer will locally invade the chest wall and cause fluid to accumulate around the lungs.  It can spread to the brain, bone, adrenal glands.

Question 3

how does lung cancer affects your other organs?

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It may or may not: When early, lung cancer does not affect other organs. But in more advanced cases it tends to spread to multiple organs like Bones, Liver and often to the brain, causing organ dysfunction after sometime of spread.

Question 4

if lung cancer isn't detected until it's causing trouble breathing, has it usually already spread to other organs?

Accepted Answer

It depends.: It depends on a few things:
1) where it is in the lung, whether in the periphery or near the large airways;
2) what type of lung cancer it is (some are known to spread very early and quickly, others less so);
3) what the health of the person was beforehand (people with early copd, for example, may have breathing difficulty with lung cancer much earlier than someone without any other problems).

Question 5

my mom has small cell lung cancer and she is in severe pain. its in both lungs and hospice has been called in. do you think its in other organs?

Accepted Answer

Cancer: Concerning the possible metastasis to other organs is unclear but possible and  only god or the powers at be know that answer. Just spend what time you have with your mom and enjoy the present. Hospice and your doctor is very good in helping the patient as well as the family dealing with dying as well as possible cancer developments .  :)

Question 6

why don't all smokers get lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Multiple factors: Nonsmokers as well as smokers can develop lung cancer, a disorder that involves genetic and other factors. Smoking is a major contributing cause but other mechanisms come into play such a genetic predisposition.

Question 7

how come some smokers don't get lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Not fully know: Not fully know, possibly genetics. Importantly, smoking is the primary risk factor for causing 90% of lung cancer. Though it is clear that some people who smoke their whole lives never develop lung cancer, quitting smoking remains the most important aspect of lung cancer prevention and should be strongly encouraged.

Question 8

how probable is it to get lung cancer when you don't smoke?

Accepted Answer

Not rare: 10-15% of lung cancers occur in non-smokers.  16-24, 000 americans die of lung cancer each year are  "never smoked" patients. If you just took the "never smoked" group of lung cancer deaths, completely separate from the “smokers”, the "never smoked" lung cancer disease would rank among the top 10 fatal cancers in the United States.

Question 9

how many months left will my granma last. she has lung cancer t.t?

Accepted Answer

Can't tell: ...without additional information and even then it would be an educated guess.  If she has advanced cancer, you probably know it is incurable so my suggestion is: rather than worrying about how long she has, make that time the best possible for her.  Best to all.

Question 10

what to do if i don't have lung cancer but i am asking in general. do you think that it can be cured?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Early stage survival can range from 60% to as high as 90+%. Survival is individual. Depends on cancer type, treatment, and general health at time of diagnosis. Best outcomes are achieved with a multi-discipline thoracic oncology approach. These links may assist you with some general background information: http://goo.Gl/uwomy and http://goo.Gl/mo7uz and http://goo.Gl/ul4di.

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