Lung Cancer

Years of smoking and exposure to pollutants can make the elderly susceptible to lung cancer. However, treatments are available if the disease is caught in early stages. Find out what to do if your elderly relative receives a lung cancer diagnosis.

Articles About Lung Cancer

An Overview of Lung Cancer
Lung cancer kills more people than any other form of cancer.
How Cancer Metastasizes
When cancer cells spread and form a new tumor in a different organ, the new tumor is a metastatic tumor. The cells in the metastatic tumor come from the original tumor.
Risk Factors That Make Elders More Susceptible to Lung Cancer
Why do some people get lung cancer and others don't? Researchers have identified many risk factors, including age, that put people at greater risk of developing lung cancer.
How the Lungs Work
Many elderly people experience difficult breathing as they age. What happens to our lungs as we age that makes them more susceptible to lung disease?
Bladder Cancer: Signs, Symptoms and Treatments
Information about bladder cancer treatment, causes, screening, clinical trials and research.
Seniors and Blood Clots: What are the Symptoms?
Blood clots can lead to stroke, heart attack, and other chronic heart conditions.

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Q&A with the Experts on Lung Cancer

What precautions can be taken to prevent prostate cancer?
While there is no easy way to guarantee your father will avoid the development of prostate cancer, there has been much research lately that, at the very least, can help the odds. Click to read Dr. Connolly's full answer.
My years of caregiving have left me depressed and broke. How do I get my life back?
You can't do this at your age - shouldn't at any age. A therapist may be able to tell you who can help you free or for little charge, if she can't.

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News about Lung Cancer

Early-morning Cigarettes Raise Cancer Risk, Research Says
Lighting up a cigarette first thing in the morning may increase the risk of lung, head and neck cancers, according to new research.
Canine Cancer Detectors May Hold Key to Earlier Diagnosis
By the time doctors discover lung cancer, it may be too late for treatment to work. Researchers hoping dogs can detect it earlier.

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