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Lung Cancer - Health Tips
Michael Maroules, MD, Hematology/Oncology, St. Joseph's Healthcare System, shares tips on signs and symptoms of lung cancer and the need for early detection.
Lung Cancer remains the leading cause of cancer associated death in the United States. As we all know, cigarette smoking is the cause of lung cancer in over 90% of patients who develop lung cancer. Signs and symptoms are often weight loss, or a change in the nature of a chronic cough. As we know smokers often have a chronic cough and should that change, that's often a sign that cancer is developing.
Early detection is important, currently there are studies showing patients who are at a higher risk can get CAT scans periodically to detect cancers at an earlier stage. Once its diagnosed, we can often remove it surgically and it has been proven that if a patient has stage II or III disease, which means the cancer has not spread, that if the patients receive chemotherapy 3-4 months after the surgery their chances of being cured increases. Should you develop the signs and symptoms of lung cancer please see your physician as soon as possible since early detection will improve your chances of being cured.
