Lung Cancer Treatment
Advanced treatment for one of the most common cancers
can occur in one or both of your lungs. It eventually may affect your breathing, by interfering with the transfer of oxygen from your lungs to your bloodstream.
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Approximately 90% of lung cancer cases are related to smoking. However, there are other risk factors, including exposure to secondhand smoke, asbestos, radon, industrial substances and even air pollution.
Lung Cancer Signs and Symptoms
Some of the of lung cancer include:
- Intense or persistent coughing
- Shortness of breath
- Changes in your voice or breath sounds
- Bronchitis, pneumonia and other lung issues that keep reoccurring
- Coughing up blood, phlegm or mucus, or a change in the amount (or color) of phlegm or mucus
- Pain in your shoulder, back or chest
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Unexplained weight loss, or loss of appetite
Lung cancer often takes many years to develop, which is why you may not have any symptoms until the disease is in the advanced stages.
Screening and Diagnosis
There are a variety of different tests your physician can use to if you have lung cancer. These include:
- Physical examination
- Chest x-ray
- Advanced imaging scans, such as CT, PET and MRI
- A biopsy
Treatment Options
Lung cancer is typically with a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
In the early stages, surgery is often a viable option. However, in advanced stages of lung cancer, surgery typically is not an option. Instead, you will likely be treated with radiation and chemotherapy.
At Cancer Care of Western New York, we are committed to providing the latest in radiation treatment technology. We believe that having state-of-the-art equipment 
makes a real difference in the quality of care we provide to all of our patients.
Radiation is typically delivered five days per week Monday through Friday for a total of 5?7 weeks. The radiation visits last approximately 15 minutes. These external beam radiation treatments are fast, safe, and do not make you radioactive?it is fine for family members and friends to be around you.
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