Is Lung Cancer Killing Women More Than Breast Cancer ?

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Is Lung Cancer Killing Women more than Breast
Cancer?

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Breast Cancer

• Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers
  in women.
• It is due to various causative factors

• Genetic predisposition
• Unhealthy lifestyle
• Other associated risk factors.

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• A renowned cancer society in United States
  released a report signifying that the number of
  deaths in women due to lung cancer has increased
  in last three decades.
• The researchers claim that the main reason behind
  such incidence is smoking.
• Medical experts suspect that deaths are higher in
  lung cancer after breast cancer in women.

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Statistics Suggest

• Worldwide, in 2012, approximately 14 million new
  cancer cases were diagnosed and nearly 8 million
  deaths due to cancer were reported.
• Out of this statistics, 57 of new cancer cases
  and 65 of cancer deaths were exclusively
  observed in rich countries.

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• In 1950s and 1980s, lung cancer became one of the
  top most reasons for deaths in men and women,
  respectively. And in majority of them, smoking is
  the primary causative factor.
• Whereas in underdeveloped countries, breast
  cancer still dominates lung cancer and cervical
  cancer in women.

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Causes of Lung Cancer

• Smoking Active and passive (secondhand)
• Exposure to harmful gases and chemicals like
  radon gas, asbestos, silicon, environmental
  pollution
• Strong familial history of lung cancer
• Chronic lung infections and other respiratory
  diseases

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Stages of lung cancer
Stage IV Spreading of tumor in adjacent organs
and distant parts of the body like liver, brain,
heart, etc.

• Stage 0
• Cancer is in its place and has not spread in
  nearby tissue

• Stage II
• Large tumor (5 cm) that has not spread

Stage III Large tumor that has spread in the
surrounding tissue and difficult to remove
surgically

• Stage I
• Small tumor that has not spread in to lymph nodes

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Treatment for Lung Cancer

• Chemotherapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Surgical Therapy

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How to prevent lung cancer or any other
malignancy?
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• Apply Healthy Lifestyle
• Take healthy diet
• Do regular exercise
• Stop smoking right away

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