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Cancer Research

Cancer Research. By: Tyler Mosley. Lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States. In 1987, it surpassed breast cancer to become the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Facts About Lung Cancer.

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Cancer Research

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  1. Cancer Research By: Tyler Mosley

  2. Lung cancer • Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States. • In 1987, it surpassed breast cancer to become the leading cause of cancer deaths in women.

  3. Facts About Lung Cancer • Only 15 percent of lung cancers are caught at an early stage • When it has spread to other organs, the survival rate drops to 3.5 percent. • More than half of those with lung cancer pass away within a year of diagnosis. • Nearly 375,000 people in the U.S. are living with lung cancer.

  4. Lung Cancer Fatalities

  5. Post-Cancer side effects • Fatigue is the most common side effect of cancer treatment • Fatigue may be caused by the effects • Chemotherapy and radiation therapy to the chest may damage the lungs

  6. Expenses • Doctor visits • Lab tests (blood tests, urine tests, and more) • Clinic visits for treatments • Imaging tests (such as x-rays, CT scans, MRI’s) • Radiation treatments (implants, external radiation) • Drug costs (inpatient, outpatient, prescription)

  7. Drugs Approved for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer • Abitrexate (Methotrexate) • Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) • Afatinib Dimaleate • Alimta (Pemetrexed Disodium) • Avastin (Bevacizumab)

  8. Foundations to aid Cancer Research • LCFA (Lung Cancer Foundation of America) • LCRF (Lung Cancer Research Foundation) • ALCF (Addario Lung Cancer Foundation)

  9. The Difficulty of Cancer • The difficulty of curing a cancer is similar to the difficulty of getting rid of weeds. • Surgery can rarely ferret out every metastasis, and treatments that kill cancer cells are generally toxic to normal cells as well. • If even a few cancerous cells remain, they can proliferate to produce a resurgence of the disease.

  10. The Cure • There is currently no cure to cancer but, researchers are trying as hard as they can to find a cure to save as many patients as possible.

  11. Summary • Lung cancer is the leading cancer in Fatalities • Cancer treatment is very expensive, and difficult • There are post cancer “side-effects” • Lung cancer is the most common cancer of all.

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