What is a Lung of lung cance  Loss of appetite or unexplained weight

Cancer? rs arising as a loss

result of
-Lung cancer is tobacco use.  Muscle wasting (also known as
the uncontrolled cachexia)
 Passive Smoking or Inhaling of
growth of
Tobacco- the inhalation of tobacco
abnormal cells in  Fatigue
one or both lungs. smoke from other smokers sharing
These abnormal living  Headaches, bone or joint pain
cells do not carry  Asbestos Fiber - Asbestos fibers are
out the functions silicate fibers that can persist for a  Bone fractures not related to accidental
of normal lung cells and do not develop into injury
lifetime in lung tissue following
healthy lung tissue. As they grow, the abnormal
exposure to asbestos.
cells can form tumors and interfere with the  Neurological symptoms, such as
functioning of the lung, which provides oxygen unsteady gait or
What are the
to the body via the blood. memory loss

Causes of the  Neck or

Disease facial swelling
 Smoking -The incidence of lung
 General
cancer is strongly correlated with
weakness
cigarette smoking, with about 90% symptoms of the
disease?  Bleeding
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Blood clots If you want to help, here is what you
can do
How does the
disease spread? 
 Participate and join
- Lung cancers can organizations that encourage
spread when cells people to stop smoking
 Create a slogan in preventing
break off from the a lung cancer
tumor, and travel
through the
bloodstream or
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and grow. This process is called metastasis. what_is_lung_cancer

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You can protect yourself by: PROJECT IN symptoms

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 Prevent yourself from smoking ncer/a/Where-Does-Lung-Cancer-Spread.htm
 Do not smoke
 Avoid secondhand smoke
 Eat a diet full of fruits and
vegetables BY : ALEIA CRISTA R. DE JESUS
 Exercise
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