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Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Kimberly Crawford

Kaplan University

October 4, 2013

Small-Cell Lung Cancer

While doing research on Small-Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). I have learned that SCLC or oat cell carcinoma is a respiratory disorder caused by frequent smoking habit of tobacco and specially radon and asbestos gas. It causes around 20% of all the cancer cases which begins from developing in the bronchi and after completely destroyed lungs moves to affect next parts of the body. This disease is only curable if treated earlier. Populations mostly affected with SCLC 50% are of age 65, 30% are above the age of 30 and 20% under age of 30. The research showed that young people have more capacity to tolerate therapeutic remedies than old people. SCLC is the most leading cause of death in men than women by cancer. The major symptoms which associated with SCLC patients include persistent cough, coughing blood, recurring pneumonia, shortness of breath and other. Prognosis of SCLC should do before going too much late. As late diagnosis is 98% useless for SCLC patients. The most effective and suggestive treatments consider for SCLC patients include chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However other treatments like Sabarubicin also develop to treat this disease at some extent.

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