paper on Small Cell Lung Cancer

Small cell Lung cancer (SCLC) is a deadly disease directly linked to tobacco smoking. 15-18% of lung cancers are as a result of small cell lung cancer although the incidence of this type of cancer has gone down in the recent years. It develops in the lungs and spreads very fast to other parts of the body. It may be treated by chemotherapy, a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy and less frequently by surgery (Sørensen et al,Pp. v120-v125). As it is common in all cancers, small cell cancer is incurable in the basic sense that it cannot cure and hence remains in the part of the body where it develops or spreads to other parts of the body.

Most cases of small cell lung cancer are due to smoking, although other causes such as exposure to radon, Inhaled chemicals or minerals such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, silica, vinyl chloride, nickel compounds, chromium compounds, coal products, mustard gas, and chloromethyl ethers asbestos can contribute as well (Ochi et al, 20-40).

References

Ochi, Nobuaki, Katsuyuki Kiura , Mitsune Tanimoto, Masahiro Tabata, Akiko Hisamoto, Eiki Ichihara, Yoshiro Fujiwara, Isao Oze, Nagio Takigawa, and Katsuyuki Hotta mail. "Treatment-Related Death in Patients with Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Phase III Trials over the Last Two Decades ." PLoS ONE 1 (2013): 20-40. Print.

Sørensen, M., E. Felip, and M. Pijls-Johannesma. "Small-cell lung cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up." Annals of Oncology 21.Issue suppl 5 (2010): Pp. v120-v125. Print.