Reveals Lung Cancer Symptoms

You often cough? Very often so without ceasing, even to bleed? Also shortness of breath, fever, and weight loss? If yes, do not say anything. Do not underestimate these things. That could be a symptom of lung cancer, the silent killer that is still difficult to cure.

The lungs are internal organs of the respiratory system and referred to in the air-breathing vertebrates kitara system. Lung function in oxygen exchange of carbon dioxide from the blood system with the help of hemoglobin. This process is known as respiration or breathing. The lungs are located inside the chest cavity, protected by the bony structure and there are rare as pleural lining of the wall containing the pleural fluid.

Lung cancer is a tumor that grows in the lungs are largely derived from cells in the lungs. But lung cancer can also come from cancer in other body parts that spread to the lungs. Lung cancer is the most common cancer in both men and women. This cancer is also one major cause of cancer deaths.

"Rarely people affected by this disease can last for years. At least one year. Lung cancer is not like a cancer in general is still treatable.

More than 90 percent of lung disease originated from bronchitis or airways into the lungs. These cancers can be called karisnoma squamous cell, small cell or karisnoma karisnoma wheat cell, large cell kasrinoma, and adenokarnoma. Karisnoma alveolar cells derived from the alveoli in the lungs. This cancer can be a single growth. But often attack more than one area of the lung. But not all cancers or tumors that can be found, there are some lung cancers are less common, among others, adenoma, namely benign cancers, and sarcomas are classified as malignant cancer.

Meanwhile, the lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system which can be derived from the lung or is spread from another organ. Many cancers that originated elsewhere that spread to the lungs. This cancer usually comes from the breast, colon, prostate, kidney, thyroid, stomach, cervix, rectum, testicles, bones and skin.

"It is also one of the biggest causes of people affected by lung cancer because of cigarette smoke, both passive and active," explained Prof Dr Faisal. As many as 90 percent of men affected by lung disease from smoking, and about 70 percent suffered by women. The more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk of lung cancer.

Only a small proportion of lung cancer or roughly about 10-15 per cent in men and 5 percent in women are caused by substances that are found or is inhaled in the workplace. "Usually hereditary factors also may increase the lung cancer.

Air pollution as a cause of lung cancer, especially adenokarisinoma and alveolar cell carcinoma occur in people who already have lung scarring due to other pulmonary diseases, such as tuberculosis and fibrosis.

Some symptoms that can be seen and felt from lung cancer, among other things, shortness of breath, persistent cough, coughing out blood, chest pain, wheezing, fever, and weight loss. Usually these symptoms only emerge when the cancer reaches the final stage, which means that smokers will not be aware that he had cancer since a young age. Symptoms of lung diseases that often occur in the society is usually a long coughing in people who smoke, difficulty breathing, the sound has changed from the usual, and cough for more than two weeks in people who do not smoke.

Period of people affected by lung cancer is about 10-15 years. If since the age of 15 years people have been smoking, possibly at the age of 35 or 40 years old man suffering from lung cancer. The diagnosis of lung cancer based on the type of cell types, and signs enough. One way that can be used is to consume antioxidants are compounds that can neutralize free radicals by protecting the body's cells, especially the lungs. But this is a last resort and not a treatment that is 100 percent inhibit or prevent cancer. This is only to reduce cancer risk.

There are several antioxidants that can be consumed, such as Vitamins A, C and E in the form of food supplements. These antioxidants protect the lungs against damage by oxidation and fracture (fr). Some foods such as soy, tofu, tempe, and genistein oncom also contain compounds that are antioxidants and anti-solid tumor, which can stimulate the immune system. Mechanism of action is to stimulate recovery in the recovery of tumor cells into normal cells, especially in lung cancer. Green tea contains bioflavonoids which Epi-Catechin Gallat Gallo is also the strongest antioxidant activity 10 times stronger than vitamin C.

There are several types of treatment for this disease, such as by surgery, chemo and radiation therapy. This type of treatment tailored to the type of cancer, the rate of expansion or spread at the time of diagnosis, and the overall health condition of the patient. Surgery is the primary treatment measures in the early stages of cancer. Patients who undergo surgery can not be switched to radio therapy.

Cure rates of lung cancer is still very good if it is still at an early stage. The problem is extremely rare cancer is detected at this point. If cancer cells have spread to other areas, the choice of treatment is chemo therapy and radio therapy. If cancer is blocking the main air flow, can be used lasers to freeze the tumor or keep open the flow of air with a tube.

Aspirin Inhibition of Breast Cancer

Recent studies involving 4,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer showed that aspirin consumption is proven to increase survival and reduce recurrence.

"About 50 percent of women with breast cancer who take aspirin, less likely to die than those who do not consume," said principal investigator Dr. Michelle Holmes, who is also professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health, Boston, United States, such as reported by Health Day. This research was published online on 16 February in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Broadly speaking, the light of Holmes, for women who took aspirin more in a week will have a higher life expectancy. This is done by comparing the aspirin users and what does not. For example, patients in a period of healing who take aspirin for 6-7 days a week, they will have a 64 percent reduction in risk of death.

Meanwhile, those who took aspirin for 2-5 days a week, with a variety of different reasons-even would have reduced the risk of death to 71 percent. However, the most important is the data 50 percent reduction in overall risk. This study did not include the dose taken, but the only time in a week usage.

The use of aspirin in the same way also able to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence. "Even him by surprise, this is a strong effect of aspirin," said Holmes. Although he admits this is only the study by means of observation, not a definitive determination of cause and effect.

How aspirin can reduce the recurrence, Holmes did not know exactly. However, recent research is consistent with several previous studies. "We appreciate very well that cancer is a disease of inflammation and aspirin is anti-inflammatory drugs," he said. The researchers speculate, aspirin possibility of lowering the hormone estrogen in the blood or prevent the spread of early cancer.

For this study, Holmes and colleagues evaluated the use of aspirin among women at least one year after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The woman, diagnosed with stage 1, 2 or 3 breast cancer between 1976 and 2002. All these women were participants of the Nurses Health Study program.

During the research process, until the death of a woman in June 2006, 341 women died of breast cancer and 400 people because of recurrence or other metastatic disease. However, Holmes asserted aspirin will never be a drug recommended for treatment of cancer.

Aspirin also causes negative side effects in some aspects. "It (the consumption of aspirin) can cause GI tract bleeding in patients," he said. Currently, it needs further study about the results of this study. But, he added, when a woman suffering from breast cancer and taking aspirin for other reasons (such as bone pain or pain), he will feel comfortable when he knows can prevent breast cancer does not become severe.

"This is the largest study specifically the use of aspirin and breast cancer recurrence and patient survival," said Eric Jacobs, Director of Pharmacy epidemiology in the American Cancer Society. Previous research has produced findings that more widespread and not specific.

"The results of this study was interesting, there are some important warning," said Jacobs. As well as Holmes said, he noted that these findings do not prove cause and effect. "As a noted researcher of this study, do not talk about aspirin during chemotherapy because it may be inspired by the success of cancer patients who continue to survive. Do not get your hopes up too high against the use of aspirin, "said Jacobs.

Both Holmes and Jacobs agree that it is too early to tell breast cancer patients who survive because taking aspirin, with the aim of reducing breast cancer recurrence or avoid death. According to them, the patient must communicate with the doctor more about what is best for their treatment process.

Breast cancer is the most common known women. Every year more than 250,000 new cases diagnosed in Europe and more than 175,000 in the United States. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2000 an estimated 1.2 million women diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 700,000 of them died.

The cause of breast cancer itself has not been known, but there are some risk factors that cause a woman to be more likely to suffer from breast cancer, including age above 60 years, had suffered from breast cancer, family history, genetic and hormonal factors, menarche (menstruation first) before the age of 12, menopause after age 55 years, first pregnancy after age 30 years or had never been pregnant, use birth control pills or estrogen replacement therapy, postmenopausal obesity and alcohol.