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The snuff smoking is the main cause in 90% of cases of lung cancer in both men and women. Decades ago, this tumor was much less common in women and it was featured it was more likely that was not related to snuff. These differences are disappearing rapidly, reflecting the incorporation of women with smoking in the previous years.

Another part of this type of cancer is caused by inhaled substances and who are in the workplace, a phenomenon related to the 10% -15% of lung cancer in males and 5% in women. The most important of these substances are asbestos, such as those used in asbestos factories.

Lung cancer can also be caused by radiation received at the chest, such as treatment with radiation therapy used to treat breast cancer and lymphoma. The interval between radiation exposure and cancer onset is usually very long, around age 20. The greatest risk are people who tried for many years with old appliances, and smoked during the following years. The risk with modern radiotherapy equipment is very low.

Hereditary factors have little relation to lung cancer.

Risk Factors

Nicotine potentiates the carcinogenic effect of other substances from smoke snuff and the effects of carcinogens in the environment.

Nicotine acts on the mechanism of apoptosis, or cell death, preventing the cells to commit suicide. When it comes to cancer cells does the same thing which causes or encourages the formation of cancer.

In addition to snuff, there are other substances mentioned above which are listed now:

Asbestos: people who work with asbestos are seven times more likely to develop cancer than those who do not maintain contact with it. These people have a type of cancer called mesothelioma, which occurs in the pleura. In recent years, governments have banned the use of this material for commercial and industrial products. When combined with asbestos exposure to smoking, it increases their chances of getting cancer from 50 to 90 times.

Cancer-causing agents in the workplace: an occupational risk group are the miners. They work with materials that, when inhaled, can damage your lungs. Such substances are radioactive minerals such as uranium, and workers exposed to chemicals such as arsenic, vinyl chloride, nickel chromates, coal based products, mustard gas and chloromethyl ethers. People working in these conditions should be careful to avoid exposure to these agents.

Other factors would be those that have produced some damage to the lung and predispose them to cancer, as having suffered tuberculosis, silicosis or berilosis (diseases, the latter two, caused by inhalation of certain minerals).

Another reason that favors the growth of cancer cells would be the excess or deficit of vitamin A.

Noting the risk factors seem easy to prevent this disease. The no smoking or quit, is the most effective measure in preventing cancer.

Cells are the smallest living units of the human body. One function is to reproduce and die when no longer useful. This process is very neat, in time and space, so there is always that allows the appropriate number of cells for each stage of life.

When this multiplication of cells occurs in an uncontrolled manner, forming lumps. These masses are called tumors.
There may be benign and malignant tumors. Benign tumors are those that do not spread to other areas and do not compromise a person’s life.

Malignant tumors often spread to other parts of the body and cause damage to body tissues and organs and can even cause death of the person.

Malignant cells can move through the lymph or blood and reach anywhere in the body causing a second tumor, called metastatic, because it is the first originated.

Lung cancer is an abnormal growth of lung cells. The disease usually occurs on the inner walls of the bronchi, and growing up can obstruct the airway and impair breathing. For this reason, generally produces shortness of breath, breathlessness and fatigue.

There are two main types of lung cancer: small cell cancer and non small cell cancer (bronchogenic).

Small Cell Lung Blight is additional alone to breast blight in agreement of deaths. There are about 175,000 appear cases of Baby Cell Lung Blight in the U.S. anniversary year. Of these, about 160,000 will aftereffect in the afterlife of the patient. Baby Cell Lung Blight is so baleful because it is adamantine to bolt in time. Baby Cell Lung Blight develops in beef that are absolutely so baby that they do not appearance up on accustomed x-rays.

By the time they are begin the blight is usually already into an avant-garde state. The arch account of Baby Cell Lung Blight is smoking. Smokers run an abundant college adventitious of application Baby Cell Lung Blight as compared to non-smokers. Anyone who is a smoker should see a doctor for approved examinations. The best adventitious addition has if they arrangement Baby Cell Lung Blight is communicable it early.

Those who bolt the blight in the aboriginal date of development accept up to a 40% adventitious of adaptation with the actual treatment. There are two forms of lung cancer, Baby Cell Lung Blight and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Non-Small Cell Lung Blight is the atomic alarming of the two. About 50% of the lung blight cases appear is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. These are treatable. Patients generally see an abounding recovery. Non-Small Cell Lung Blight has 5 stages of development. The accretion percentages abatement the added avant-garde it becomes.

Small Cell Lung Blight alone has two stages: balmy and severe. When it alcove the astringent accompaniment it spreads actual rapidly throughout the body. This is why it is abundant tougher to fight. By the time Baby Cell Lung Blight is detected it is usually in the astringent stage. At this point best patients alone accept 18-20 months to live.