Question 1

what kind of likelihood is there of dying from lung cancer?

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Measure survival: Depends on cell type, stage, metastatic location
survival general 30-40% at five years, so 70 % mortality from the cancer or other things over time.
Mostly older people as you know.

Question 2

what should i do to minimize my chance of dying from lung cancer?

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Don't smoke!: The majority of lung cancer is preventable.  Avoid smoking, and avoid second hand smoke.

Question 3

i've smoked for around 7 years not every single day but every 2-3 days. around 1-8 cigarettes on the particular day. i'm 30 now. if i quit absolutely forever. what are many chances of dying from lung cancer / smoking related disease?

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: If you quit now, completely, in about 10 years you will be at your background risk.
You can reduce your risk of cancer by adopting healthy habits: Eat a mostly vegetarian diet, avoid alcohol, tobacco and street drugs, avoid excessive exposure  to sun, get HPV vaccine, exercise 30 minutes each day, drink enough water so your urine is mostly colorless.
Wish you good health!

Question 4

syntoms of lung cancer?

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Many: Early on, no symptoms. Later, cough, weight loss, poor appetite, loss of energy, chest pain, coughing blood, dizziness, headache, shortness of breath ...Etc.

Question 5

is pneuomonia a symptom of lung cancer?

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Sometimes: Some lung cancers cause obstruction of the air passage with atelectasis=collapse and pneumonia as a result.
If pneumonia does not resolve with usual treatment, ct scan and followup ct may be indicated to uncover a sneaky cancer.

Question 6

symptoms of lung cancer include what things?

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Several things: Early symptoms of lung cancer include chronic coughing, chest pain, coughing up blood, and fatigue.   When more advanced the problems worsen and the symptoms more widespread.

Question 7

what are the common symptoms of lung cancer?

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Depends: Often none initially.  Symptoms can include chest pain, arm pain or numbness, fatigue, weight loss, coughing, coughing up blood or mucous, shortness of breath, hoarseness.

Question 8

what are the symptoms of small cell lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Paraneoplastic,etc..: Small cell lung cancer is like other lung cancers, but it also often presents with a paraneoplastic syndrome due to its neurosecretory granules which contain neuroendocrine hormone.  The lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome (muscle weakness due to auto-antibodies), is a prime example.  Most arise in the larger airways (primary and secondary bronchi), and include syx. Like fatigue, dyspnea, and cough.

Question 9

what are some of the first symptoms of lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

No until late: Early lung cancers are usually asymptomatic. They are found incidentally. When they grow and spread, then they may cause obstructiion of airway leading to shortness of breath, bleeding, phlegm and pneumonia. If it's spreaded, the it can cause pain in bone or in other organs involved.

Question 10

what are some more advanced symptoms of lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

There are many: There are many possible symptoms. These include but are not limited to; cough, chest pain, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, weight loss, headaches, bone pain, fevers.

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