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Medical therapy options for lung cancer include surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy. These treatments help decrease tumor growth and size. When tumor growth and size are reduced, symptoms are more likely to be relieved and survival may be prolonged. Other drugs may also be given to prevent and treat adverse effects of radiation and chemotherapy, such as nausea or vomiting. Pain medications are also important to relieve pain due to cancer or surgery.
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Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Overview
Cancers are diseases in which normal cells transform so that they grow and multiply without normal controls. In many types of cancer, this results in the growth of one or more large masses, or tumors, of these transformed cells. This can happen in almost any part of the body. When it happens in the lungs, the disease is called lung cancer.
Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer; this is because the lungs are exposed to the external environment more than most other organs are. In many cases, cancer-causing substances (carcinogens) in the air are inhaled and cause cell damage that later becomes cancer. The most common cause of lung cancer, by far, is smoking.
Two main types of lung cancer exist: small cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer. Non-small-cell lung cancer is a catchall term for all lung cancers that are not small-cell type. They are grouped together because the ...
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