Lung Cancer Health Feed

Radiotherapy is a kind of treatment that kills the cancer cells by using high-energy beams. Specialists use radiotherapy to treat a wide range of lung cancer. For early stage lung cancer, the radiotherapy may get rid of the cancer totally.

For the small cell lung cancer you may have radiotherapy only. Then again you may have it with another treatment, for example, chemotherapy or surgery.

For small cell lung cancer, radiotherapy is used with or after chemotherapy. Chemotherapy ...more

After taking 2 months of gefitinib 250 mg tablet, the next treatment is based on the condition for which treatment is started and the progress

Depending on the stage of cancer required treatment such as surgery or radiotherapy or chemotherapy can be suggested. Need reports to comment.

First all All those who smoke need not get cancer and all those who have cancer need not be a smoker. It's just the people who has oral or lung cancer are mostly smokers. Hence don't worry about it. If you have any problems like Persisting oral ulcer or oral bleed, Breathing difficulties, Any swellings etc then you should consult a ENT specialist. You can get a flexible naso laryngoscopy done for visualizing you airway. You can also get an MRI done for further evaluation. A Doctor can suggest yo...more

Lungs Cancer!

The sound of the word cancer can be really traumatic and the fact the one may most of the time be unaware of this condition can be hard to handle. The same is the situation in the case of lung cancer as it does not produce any remarkable signs and symptoms in its early stages. However, there are ways in which you can be aware of this life-threatening ailment. Here are some tell-tale signs of an early stage of lung cancer:

A stubborn cough:
Beware when a cough is lingering on for lon...more

Air Pollution has been the most concerning topic nowadays. The presence of chemicals in the air cause not just global warming but also affect the quality of our life. The winter season along with Diwali festival is coming up and people are going to encounter fog and pollution together, which can cause hazardous health effects. You must have heard about smog which is also a type of air pollutant. We become the victim of this every Diwali season.

Just like every year, we are going to put ...more

The air quality in Delhi has deteriorated too much way before the arrival of Diwali festival. The worst air quality was recorded this season on Sunday, 28th Oct 18 as a thick haze covered the national capital.

The Air Quality Index of the national capital was recorded at 381 which indicates an alarming situation. As per the Central Pollution Control Board, an AQI between 0 to 50 is a 'good' condition, while 51 to 100 is 'satisfactory' and 200 is categorised as 'moderate'. From 201 to 30...more

The chest x ray shows lung cancer and r chest disorder as well. You have no cancer as your X ray does not show any tumor in it

Cancer today is not as rare as it once was. Today, cancer affects the young and old alike. One of the reasons for this is the pollution in particular air and water pollution that we are exposed to on daily basis.
The air we breathe in today is a mixture of smoke, particulate matter and noxious gases that causes great harm to our bodies. Amongst these, particulate matter that is smaller than 2.5 millionths of a metre is the worst.

These particle matters are emitted into the air from ...more