Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer, something so prevalent in today’s society affects so many, yet each day people continue to increase their chances of obtaining this disease by the simple act of lighting up a cigarette. Something that seems so insignificant but with each puff of that Marlborough or Parliament, increases the growth of cell tissue In the Lungs. The disease itself is caused by tobacco smoke in 80-90 percent of smokers and the remaining percentage is due to pollution, second hand smoke, and genetic factors. The growth of these cells cannot be controlled and untreated, leads to other portions of the body. The origin of Lung Cancer came long before it was classified as a disease in 1961. A physician, Fritz Linkint, who resided in Germany, made the connection between cigarette smoke leading to Lung cancer in 1929. Analyzing how long ago this connection was made and yet it is still a growing issue around the world is rather disturbing. Radon gas, an ingredient in cigarettes, was discovered to cause cancer as miners were exposed to this while working and a growing number of these miners in the Oreo Mountains became ill with Lung Cancer. However, the smoking epidemic did not falter (wikipedia). The way in which Lung Cancer affects the body is as follows. The way the cancer moves through the body has been classified into what’s known as the TNM classification. Carcinomas are the term used to refer to the immense variety of Lung Cancers. There are three sub groups, which make up Lung Cancer. The largest would be Adenocarcinoma, the next Squamous, and finally the smallest sub group is small
Cell Carcinoma. Lung cancer, when not initially detected from common symptoms of couching, couching up blood, difficulty breathing, leads to a tumor. Upon this tumor, the cancer can spread among organs and throughout the body when initial treatment or even recognition of the disease is not obtained. Additionally, smoking prevents people from hunger pains, and alters
Lung Cancer, something so prevalent in today’s society affects so many, yet each day people continue to increase their chances of obtaining this disease by the simple act of lighting up a cigarette. Something that seems so insignificant but with each puff of that Marlborough or Parliament, increases the growth of cell tissue In the Lungs. The disease itself is caused by tobacco smoke in 80-90 percent of smokers and the remaining percentage is due to pollution, second hand smoke, and genetic factors. The growth of these cells cannot be controlled and untreated, leads to other portions of the body. The origin of Lung Cancer came long before it was classified as a disease in 1961. A physician, Fritz Linkint, who resided in Germany, made the connection between cigarette smoke leading to Lung cancer in 1929. Analyzing how long ago this connection was made and yet it is still a growing issue around the world is rather disturbing. Radon gas, an ingredient in cigarettes, was discovered to cause cancer as miners were exposed to this while working and a growing number of these miners in the Oreo Mountains became ill with Lung Cancer. However, the smoking epidemic did not falter (wikipedia). The way in which Lung Cancer affects the body is as follows. The way the cancer moves through the body has been classified into what’s known as the TNM classification. Carcinomas are the term used to refer to the immense variety of Lung Cancers. There are three sub groups, which make up Lung Cancer. The largest would be Adenocarcinoma, the next Squamous, and finally the smallest sub group is small
Cell Carcinoma. Lung cancer, when not initially detected from common symptoms of couching, couching up blood, difficulty breathing, leads to a tumor. Upon this tumor, the cancer can spread among organs and throughout the body when initial treatment or even recognition of the disease is not obtained. Additionally, smoking prevents people from hunger pains, and alters