what does the last  stage   of lung cancer consists  of?
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The last stage of lung cancer is stage III. It is when the cancer has spread to other organs and lymph tissue and cannot be removed without surgery. It also means that it might be anywhere in the body and not just in the places it is discovered - so you can have surgery and then find that it is other places as well. \n\nI am very sorry if you are researching because someone you know has cancer or you think you might. \n\nQuitting smoking is hard - it is worth it.
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Good question!\nI just know there are treatments that consist of different things for a patient to go threw at the last stage. But of course at the last stage, It's less than a 50% chance to cure it.
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What do you mean? Are you talking about statistics  or about new treatment options for cancer?\n\nWith over 200 different types of cancer, stages and grades of tumor . . .  the question is a little vague.
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A very rare form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure that occurs in the sac lining of the chest (pleural mesothelioma) or abdomen (peritoneal mesothelioma), or the lining of the heart (pericardial mesothelioma).\nHope that helps I gave you several links to information as well.\n~A~\nhttp://www.umm.edu/thoracic/mesothelioma.html
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I'm not a doctor or have any professional or eductional teachings of cancer. But I found out last year from the D.A.R.E. program at my son's school is that each time you smoke a cigarette, the chemicals that are in the smoke are drawn into your lungs and they adhere to the vili in the bronchial tubes. This tar substance lines the tubes and weighs heavy on the vili, hairlike tissue that is used to clean the air that enters the lung. The tar substance ends up lining the tubes and narrows them, like cholestrol in arteries, making the tubes smaller and smaller. This makes it harder for the lungs to inhale air and the lungs stop absorbing the oxygen they need to properly oxygenate the blood cells. Your lungs have to work harder to inhale oxygen and your blood cells carry less oxygen to all  the other organs. Also the tar substance will eventually close of some tubes all together and will less oxygen in the lung itself, lung tissue cells die off and are never replaced. Parts of your lung die, parts can't work properly and other parts form cancer cells.\n\nThis is part of the information that my son brought home from D.A.R.E. 2 years ago and I stopped smoking after reading this. I don't know how my damage my lungs are in or if I will end up with cancer some day from the 13 years of smoking I did do, but I do notice that I breath better, I don't cough or wease anymore and I have more energy. My son saved me.
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In 2004 in the US there were 173,700 new cases of lung cancer and an estimated 160,440 deaths from lung cancer. Of those it is estimated that 87% are caused by smoking. Some 3,000 people die of lung cancer a year from second-hand smoke.\nOf the non-smoking reasons for lung cancer, about 12 percent of all lung cancer deaths are linked to radon. Then there is on-the-job exposure to cancer-causing substances or carcinogens like asbestos, uranium, arsenic, and certain petroleum products.\nHope this helps.
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"intra" alveolar hemorrhage is a medical term which describes how the alveoli, which are the major functioning mechanism in your lungs, are bleeding from inside themselves.  "intrabronchial" hemorrhage is a rupture in the tube or tubes that carry air into each individual lung.  Usually cancer is the reason for this.  The cells inside the lungs are growing too rapidly and expand too wide for normal capacity and rupture inside the infected cells.  It would be interesting to know what the history and symptoms the patient was presenting before the death, or did it just occur randomly.  Also you may want to post a question in the lung section of this site...if they have one, I'm not sure
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lung cancer\nheart deceases\njust stop smoking, no other way, all other therapies and stuff have for only aim taking ur money
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Depends on the disease, or type of disease.  Google the American lung association, they have links to national resources.  Good luck.
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usually the last symptom they feel is pain of some kind.  about the only cancer that causes little or no pain is cancer in the brain.  people in the last stages of cancer are often very very weak as well
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In 2004 in the US there were 173,700 new cases of lung cancer and an estimated 160,440 deaths from lung cancer. Of those it is estimated that 87% are caused by smoking. Some 3,000 people die of lung cancer a year from second-hand smoke.\nI would expect that everyone who was diagnosed with lung cancer spends some time in hospital and so does everyone who dies - nice big number, isn't it?
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I don't know.\n\nI can tell you this:  Lung cancer has one of the worst prognosis there is.  If the patient is still alive in 5 years after commencing therapy, even if they have been in a coma and are not expected to reawaken, that is called a success story, as long as they are cancer free.  That is a fact.\n\nYou should look into Gerson therapy, Budwig therapy, alkaline diet, filtering both drinking and bath water, raw 100percent vegan diet, hyperthermia treatments.  At the very least, you should research what the Burzynski clinic has to offer.  They do free clinical trials, and take some types of medical insurance.  They are more conventional than the other therapies I mention, but without the terrible damage and life threatening sickness caused by chemotherapy.  (Chemotherapy itself may kill more people than cancer.  Not many people know that, but chem is very dangerous.)\n\nBurzynski clinic has real doctors and nurses, and I have read many good thing about them.  Please, if you do not look into the other things I mention, then at least look into what Burzynski clinic has to offer.  Here is a link:\nhttp://www.cancermed.com/\n\nMay the Lord bless you both, and may you both have a peaceful eternity.
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the most commmon type of lung cancer is bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, however there are several kinds.\n\nI think however, that you are referring to \n"pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"\nwhich translates to mean a disease of the lungs resulting from the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust -- usually from industrial pollutants.  This also happens to be the longest word in the English language. (hold your cursor over the word to see the entire spelling --yahoo only shows part for some reason) \n\nThe dictionary defines it as "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust' but occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word" There are strong indications that the word was coined by puzzler Everett Smith in 1935 as a hypothetical long word that could result from the protraction of medical terms. The actual name of the disease is pneumoconiosis, which is 14 letters long.\n\n...didn't expect such a long answer did you?  I suppose its only fitting for such a long word...lol.
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It would depend on the stage of cancer/if it has spread and to where.  Also complications can arise.  Depends on patient's response to treatment also.  There are many things to consider and sometimes even the doctors don't even know for sure.
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Small cell lung cancer has been called oat cell cancer because the cells resemble oats when seen under a microscope. This cancer usually originates in the lung's large central airways (the bronchi). It accounts for about 20% of all lung cancers. In some cases, small cell tumors also include cells that have non small cell features. This condition is called a mixed tumor. \n\nSmall cell lung cancer is among the fastest growing cancers. In two-thirds of people with this cancer, the cancer already has spread (metastasized) by the time of diagnosis. The cancer can spread easily because of the constant flow of fluids through the lungs. These fluids consist of blood and lymph (a protein-filled fluid from the lymphatic system). The fluids can carry cancer cells to lymph nodes, the heart, the other lung and to organs outside of the chest. Small cell lung cancers spread most commonly to the brain, liver, adrenal glands and bone. \n\nSymptoms\n\nAlthough some cancers do not have any symptoms at first, others are diagnosed during an evaluation for any of the following:\n\nA persistent cough \nCoughing up blood (hemoptysis) \nShortness of breath or wheezing \nUnexplained weight loss or loss of appetite \nFatigue \nDifficulty swallowing \nPain in the chest, shoulder or arm \nBone pain \nHoarseness \nHeadaches, confusion or seizures \nSwelling of the face, neck or upper extremities \n\nDiagnosis\n\nLung cancer often is discovered on a chest X-ray, where it appears as a gray or whitish area. Other imaging studies, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can further determine the size, shape and location of the tumor, and locate areas where the tumor has spread. This helps to find the best place to obtain a sample of the tumor to diagnose small cell versus other types of lung cancer, such as squamous cell or adenocarcinoma of the lung. The type of cancer determines the treatment. \n\nSmall cell lung cancer sometimes can be diagnosed with a technique called sputum cytology, in which mucus from the lungs (sputum) is examined under a microscope to check for abnormal cells. Cancer cells also can be found in the fluid between the lung and the chest wall (requiring a procedure that uses a needle to remove fluid) or in lymph nodes next to the lung (requiring a surgical procedure).\n\nAnother diagnostic technique is needle aspiration, in which fluid or tissue is removed (aspirated) from lymph nodes or suspicious masses. Cells also can be removed during bronchoscopy. A fiber optic viewing tube is inserted into the lung through the mouth and bronchial tubes. It allows the doctor to examine the tumor directly and to remove cells for examination.\n\nIn addition to the above tests, you may need a bone scan, bone marrow biopsy, CT scan of the head and additional biopsies to determine the degree of tumor spread. Small cell lung cancer has two stages:\n\nLimited cancer is confined to one lung and nearby lymph nodes. \nExtensive cancer has spread to both sides of the chest or beyond the chest.
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Lung: pleural lymph nodes\nHead: submandibular\nLiver: Hepatic
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Lungs. Same as humans and most land mammals.