- Lung conditions:
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Misdiagnosis
- Causes
- Online Books
- All Online Books for Lung conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Lung abscess (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Lung cancer (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Lung abscess (Handbook of Diseases)
- Lung cancer (Handbook of Diseases)
- Treatments
- Community
- Statistics
- Statistics about Lung conditions
- Deaths from Lung conditions
- Death Statistics for Types of Lung conditions
- Statistics by Country for Lung conditions
- Prevalence and Incidence of Lung conditions
- Prevalence of Types of Lung conditions
- Incidence of Types of Lung conditions
- Hospital Statistics for Lung conditions
- Reference
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New therapies are improving the survival rates for patients with lung cancer. How do these treatments work?
There are many treatments options available for both small cell and non-small cell lung cancer including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Find out how these various options are being used to increase survival.
Lung Cancer, the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the US, will be diagnosed in over 169,000 people this year. Avoiding tobacco use can prevent most lung cancers, but some are non-smoking related. Learn the facts about this leading cancer killer.
Surgery and radiation are the standard treatments for early-stage lung cancer. Now there's evidence chemotherapy may have a role, too. Listen as doctors explain.
When lung cancer spreads to the bone it can cause severe pain and weak bones. Learn how these bone complications can be treated and even prevented, making life a little easier for the person with lung cancer.
Doctors are finding that some patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer may benefit from radiation, chemotherapy and/or newer treatment combinations.
Clinical trials are important to the development of new lung cancer treatments. How can they help you?
Despite what many people think, elder women can lead healthy and active sexual lives. But this doesn't mean it will always be easy. Our panel will discuss the challenges to an elder woman's sexual life, and how to face them.
What happens during lung reduction surgery? What should you do to prepare for it? Our panel of experts will take you through the process, from the months prior through the procedure itself. Video footage from an actual surgery will be shown.
Although post-surgery hospital time is as little as one week for some lung reduction patients, the full benefits of surgery may not be seen for months. Our panel will discuss short- and long-term recovery issues, from pain control to rehab.