Question 1

what is the percentage of smokers get lung cancer or emphysema?

Accepted Answer

15-17%: About 15-17% of smokers develop lung cancer or emphysema.  About 85% of patients with lung cancer have been exposed to significant amounts of cigarette smoke.

Question 2

what's the difference between lung cancer and emphysema?

Accepted Answer

Big difference: Emphysema is damage to the alveoli, the oxygen transferring areas on the lung.  Lung cancer is a mass of malignant cells but do not directly affect the alveoli.  Lung cancer can affect breathing by blocking the airway.  Hope this helps.

Question 3

what is the difference between emphysema and lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

COPD: Is destructive lung disease, divided into chronic bronchitis and emphysems.  It is measured by pft's: tests that determmine volumes and speed of moving air. Lung cancer is increased in people with copd, cells have gone awry, travel to other parts of the body causing death by local progression or distant metastasis.  Similar cause: tobacco. Mode of death quite different.

Question 4

is it difficult to travel with lung cancer and emphysema?

Accepted Answer

A little bit: Traveling with lung disease can be slightly more complicated. Planning for routine medications, including oxygen takes some advanced planning. Discuss your plans with both your pulmonologist and your travel medicine specialist prior to booking the tickets. If you need oxygen while flying you need to arrange for special canisters or machines. Also plan how to mange a flare up at your destination.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of lung cancer compared to emphysema?

Accepted Answer

The dirty little: Secret of lung cancer is that it causes very few symptoms in the early stages. Copd, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, have cough, shortness of breath, worse with exercise and stair climbing, and can cause blue lips and finger nails, purse lip breathing. Lunf cancer can cause "clubbed finger nails" once underway, lung cancer can cause trouble everywhere.

Question 6

need expert help here. what are the symptoms of lung cancer and emphysema?

Accepted Answer

Subtle: Initially lung cancer may be asymptomatic. Eventually both can cause cough, dyspnea, weight loss. Cancer can spread and can cause pain, fractures or symptoms related to organs where it spreads. I can cause coughing up blood more so than emphysema. It is best to have it worked up and diagnosed than to surmise from differences and similarities. Risks are same for both.

Question 7

should patient who has been diagnosed with emphysema do lung cancer test every year?

Accepted Answer

: While some rare genetic conditions cause it in young people, emphysema is typically a disease seen in long-term smokers who are also at greater risk for lung cancer. As a 20-year-old, you do not need annual screening for lung cancer, but if you smoke, now would be the best time to quit.

Question 8

chronic bronchitis emphysema and lung cancer can be caused by?

Accepted Answer

Smoking..,: The most common cause for both diseases is cigarette smoking. By either avoiding smoking or quitting if you do smoke, you reduce your chances of getting these diseases. See your doctor if you need help to quit.

Question 9

can smoking weed once a week give you lung cancer and/or emphysema?

Accepted Answer

Perhaps: Currently, there is no link between marijuana and lung cancer or emphysema. There has been no conclusive research linking marijuana to lung cancer or emphysema. However, marijuana has been linked to a multitude of other health problems, and just because there is no research demonstrating a link to lung cancer or emphysema does not mean that a link does not exist. More research must be done.

Question 10

if someone with emphysema or copd, and then gets lung cancer, how low is the survival rate?

Accepted Answer

Low: Majority of the patients with lung caner die within one year of diagnosis.  Having COPD or emphysema can only make matters worse.

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