1. Lung Cancer
By: Kirsten

2. Communicable or Noncommunicable?
Lung cancer is Noncommunicable
Noncommunicable- is when a disease can not be spread

3. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma- begins with bronchi and does not spread quickly
Andenocarcinoma- begins on outer edges of lungs; most common in woman and in people who have never smoked
Large Cell Carcinomas- tumors grow on outer edges of lungs

4. Non-small Cell Lung Cancer cont’d…
Adenosquamous Carcinoma- begins in flattened cells
Undifferentiated Carcinoma- abnormal looking cancer; spreads quickly

5. Small Cell Lung Cancer
Cancer cells look like oat; grow rapidly and spreads to quickly to other organs

6. Symptoms Cough that does not go away and gets worse
Chest pain all the time
Coughing up blood
Loss of breath
Problems with pneumonia and bronchitis
Neck and face swelling
Weight and appetite loss

7. Treatment
Surgery
Segmental or wedge resection- remove small part of lung
Lobectomy- removal of entire lob of the lung
Pneumonectomy- remove entire lung
Chemotherapy- medicine that shrinks and kills cancer ; can be pills or IV
Radiation- high-energy rays kill cancer cells
External radiation- given out side of the body
Internal radiation given inside of the body as close to the cancer as you can get
Photodynamic therapy- laser treatment that injects photosensitizing chemical in to your blood

8. Causes Smoking is the main cause Secondhand smoke Smoking marijuana
Recurring inflammation; tuberculosis
Radon- the natural breakdown of uranium
Family history of lung cancer
Pollution

9. How Long Does It Last?
Lung cancer never goes away unless the treatment works

10. Websites http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungcancer.html