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| the leading cause of lung cancer |
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| the risk of cancer for smokers who are exposed to other carcinogenic substances such as |
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| aresenic, asbestos, radioactive materials |
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| two major categories of lunc cancer |
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| small cell lung carcinoma, non small cell lung carcinoma |
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| most common type of nsclc |
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| squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas, large cell carcinomas, pulmonary tumors, bronchial carcinoid tumors, lymphoma |
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| warning signs of lung cncer |
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| persisten cough, hemptysis, chest pain, recurring pneumonia, bronchitis, dyspnea, weight loss and pain in the shoulder arm or hand |
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| treatment decisions are made based on tumor |
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| type, lymphnode involvement, evidence of metastasis, and the patient's general state of health |
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| diret irradiation by placement of the radiation source at the site of the tumor |
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| examples of targeted biologic therapies |
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| cetuximab, bevacizumab, gefitinib, erlotini, afatinib, crizotinib and certinib |
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| removal of a section of tissue |
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