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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Lung Cancer

According to statistics , lung cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide , with a high mortality rate . Around the world , every 30 seconds someone dies of lung cancer , there were 1.2 million new cases each year .
It is understood that in 2010 , in the world , the number of adult male smokers was 66 % of the total , in addition to the more than 9,700 thousand cigarette use. This is a problem in the world are caused by tobacco which affects the growth of lung cancer cells .

Approximately 10.7 % of patients after resection of lung cancer , died within 30 days

Although surgical removal of the tumor , partially impaired lung function that causes the weakened lung function . U.S. statistics indicate that lung cancer surgery in part or as a whole , about 10.7 percent of patients died within 30 days after surgery , when the observation period was extended by one year , the mortality rate will be higher . Even those who were able to survive experiencing symptoms of dyspnea

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