Lung Cancer Term Paper
Lung Cancer
Week 6 Term Paper for Professor Inglis
Kelvin Samuels
Introduction My topic for this term paper will be lung cancer. This topic was chosen because I have pass family who've lost their lives to lung cancer. I believe the best way to start is by defining the disease. We will then take a glance at statistics and risk factors for lung cancer. Next will look at lung cancer symptoms, staging and treatment, and finally I will draw my final conclusion.
I. What is Lung Cancer?
A simple and understandable definition of lung cancer is: A disease which consists of uncontrolled cell growth in lung tissues. Lung cancer consists of two types: Non-small cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer. "(NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer." (Zieve & Yi-Bin, 2010) The bronchi (The large air tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs that convey air to and from the lungs.) is where most lung cancers begins. The body normally maintains cell growth only producing new cells when needed. Disruption of normal cell growth results in an uncontrolled division and proliferation of cells eventually forming a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant, but when we speak of cancer (including lung cancer), the tumors are malignant. Lung cancer metastasizes very early after it forms making it a very life-threatening cancer, difficult to treat. A. Lung Cancer Statistics
Make no mistake; lung cancer is the most deadly form of cancer death. I decided for statistics I would research information on lung cancer deaths in the United States. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) the last reported year for lung cancer deaths is 2007. Let’s look at the statistics. In the US alone, "109,643 men and 93,893 women were told they had lung cancer, and 88,329 men and 70,354 women died from it." (U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, 2010) Now let’s take a look at the statistics by gender and race. For men, "black men were diagnosed with lung cancer most
Week 6 Term Paper for Professor Inglis
Kelvin Samuels
Introduction My topic for this term paper will be lung cancer. This topic was chosen because I have pass family who've lost their lives to lung cancer. I believe the best way to start is by defining the disease. We will then take a glance at statistics and risk factors for lung cancer. Next will look at lung cancer symptoms, staging and treatment, and finally I will draw my final conclusion.
I. What is Lung Cancer?
A simple and understandable definition of lung cancer is: A disease which consists of uncontrolled cell growth in lung tissues. Lung cancer consists of two types: Non-small cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer. "(NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer." (Zieve & Yi-Bin, 2010) The bronchi (The large air tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs that convey air to and from the lungs.) is where most lung cancers begins. The body normally maintains cell growth only producing new cells when needed. Disruption of normal cell growth results in an uncontrolled division and proliferation of cells eventually forming a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant, but when we speak of cancer (including lung cancer), the tumors are malignant. Lung cancer metastasizes very early after it forms making it a very life-threatening cancer, difficult to treat. A. Lung Cancer Statistics
Make no mistake; lung cancer is the most deadly form of cancer death. I decided for statistics I would research information on lung cancer deaths in the United States. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) the last reported year for lung cancer deaths is 2007. Let’s look at the statistics. In the US alone, "109,643 men and 93,893 women were told they had lung cancer, and 88,329 men and 70,354 women died from it." (U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group, 2010) Now let’s take a look at the statistics by gender and race. For men, "black men were diagnosed with lung cancer most
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