Tuesday, December 6, 2011

LUNG CANCER!

Lung cancer is a disease in the lung cells, resulted from a typical uncontrolled of cell growth or uncontrolled abnornal growth of cells in the lung, and if this condition is un-treated or not discovered earlier; it can metastasis to nearere tissues or cells. And that can cause a damage to other organs as well. Let us look at this picture of a infected lung with cancer bellow:



This is cross section of a infected lungs and we can see our it damage the cells in the lungs. This picture was taken wikipedia website library. Most cancer that start from the lung is called primary lung cancer, carcinomas that derive from epithlium cells in the body. The main type of lung carcer is small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), also called oat cell cancer. Lung cancer can be seen under a radiograph and computed tomography. The treatment may vary in individual, depend on the severity; but the most common are surgery, chemotherapy etc.

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Picture was taken from http://www.wikipedia.com/

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