Treating Lung Cancer

By Abigail Charlton


One of the most common and prevalent diseases that is currently in society is cancer. Almost one in every ten people will contract cancer at some stage during their lives and this is a scary fact for society. This cancer can often be fatal if not caught quickly enough. Lung cancer is one of the major types of cancer and is commonly caused by smoking although it can also be contracted by non-smokers but this type of cancer tends to be not as common nor as dangerous.
Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer around the world and accounts for well over one million deaths each year. The cancer causes the growth of dangerous cells in the any particular area, in this case the lung, which slowly destroy healthy cells and in turn prevent parts of the body from functioning correctly. These cells spread until they eventually consume the entire body and the patient dies.

There is presently no cure for cancer although there are ways to slow the growth and get temporarily rid the body of cancer. Any method of treating cancer is entirely dependent on how early the cancer is caught, the earlier the infection is identified the easier it is to treat it. Injecting healthy cells into the area where the cancer has been found is the first method of treatment, these cells aims to destroy the bad cancer cells before they can spread.

If this method helps to contain the cancer then the next stage usually involves removal of the cancerous cells, but this will usually only work if the cancer
There is presently no cure for cancer although there are ways to slow the growth and get temporarily rid the body of cancer. Any method of treating cancer is entirely dependent on how early the cancer is caught, the earlier the infection is identified the easier it is to treat it. Injecting healthy cells into the area where the cancer has been found is the first method of treatment, these cells aims to destroy the bad cancer cells before they can spread.

If this method helps to contain the cancer then the next stage usually involves removal of the cancerous cells, but this will usually only work if the cancer has not spread and can be isolated to one single area. If the cancer has not been caught early enough it could have already spread to surrounding tissue.

After the cancer has been removed the patient must undergo a series of chemotherapy to ensure that the harmful cells have been destroyed and in an attempt to prevent them from returning. Although the cancer has been removed the patient must continue to undergo screening every few months for the rest of their life to ensure that it doesn't return.




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