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X-Plain_ Lung Cancer Reference Summary

Source: ethnomed.org
Topic: Lung
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Sort Desciption: This reference summary will help you to better understand lung cancer and the treatment options that are available. Anatomy Oxygen is vital for life. Without it, death occurs very rapidly. ...

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Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of men and women. Over 165,000 people die of lung cancer every year in the United States. Lung cancer rates among Southeast Asians are 18% higher than among White Americans. Smoking rates are significantly higher among Southeast Asian populations, like Vietnamese and Cambodian. The tobacco companies target Asian neighborhoods in many U.S. cities, with tobacco advertisements on billboards in higher densities than in other neighborhoods. Most cases of lung cancer are related to cigarette smoking. Therefore, if you smoke, it is best to stop smoking as soon as possible. This reference summary will help you to better understand lung cancer and the treatment options that are available. Anatomy Oxygen is vital for life. Without it, death occurs very rapidly. The lungs allow us to fill our blood with oxygen. The air we breathe comes in close contact with the blood in the lungs. The blood fills up with oxygen and releases wastes, like carbon dioxide, back out into the air. When we breathe, the air goes through the mouth and nose. From there, it goes to the air pipe, known as the trachea. From the trachea the air goes into smaller tubes, called bronchial tubes. Small balloon-like sacs called alveoli are at the end of the tubes. The walls of the alveoli are very thin. On the other side of the walls small blood vessels exist. The very thin wall of the alveoli allows ...

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