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How does smoking contribute to Lung Cancer?

Smoking Causes Lung Cancer There are such a large number of synthetic concoctions in tobacco smoke that might be related to malignant growth. When you breathe in tobacco smoke, your body handles the poisons in one of two different ways. It can detoxify the poisons and get them out of your body (for instance, through your pee). A few people process poisons and get them out of the body quicker than others. On the off chance that you can't detoxify the cancer-causing agents, they interface legitimately with your DNA, the war room of every cell. When something harms a sound cell, the cell partitions to fix the harm. When the harm is fixed, it quits separating. "A malignancy cell, then again, doesn't have the foggiest idea when to quit isolating. Regularly, a cell in the lung or another organ knows precisely what to do. Every cell includes its capacity inside the organ. A malignancy cell loses the 'understanding' that it is a piece of a bigger structure and pa...

Common Types Of Treatment Options For Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Treatment Following are the types of treatment which can be used to treat lung cancer: 1. Surgery: Surgery is an important aspect of multi-modal treatment for Lung Cancer. It is effective when the cancer is confined to the lungs. The  Surgical procedure  is also used to take out residual cancerous tissue after chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Common surgical procedures for lung cancer are : Wedge resection to remove a small section of lung that contains the tumor along with a margin of healthy tissue. Segmental resection to remove a larger portion of the lung, but not an entire lobe. Lobectomy to remove the entire lobe of one lung. Pneumonectomy to remove an entire lung. 2. Radiation Therapy: The  radiation therapy treatment  can be given to cure patients whose lung cancers are confined to the chest but cannot be removed surgically. Using the most advanced technologies, we can now deliver powerful doses of radiation direc...