Lung Cancer

Nicotine Dependency
1. Nicotine is an addictive substance that is usually taken in through smoking tobacco products
  1. Diagnostic Criteria
    1. Out of 11 possible criteria's 2 must be present in the last 12 months.
2. Symptoms
Investigation
1. PET SCAN
2. Bronchoscopy
3. Needle Biopsy
4. Thoracentesis
5. Sputum Cytology
Types & Classification
1. Primary tumors
  1. Epithelial
    1. Bronchogenic carcinoma
      1. Small CC
        Adeno
        SCC
    2. Carcinoid tumors
2. Secondary tumors
  1. Non-epithelial
    1. Hamartoma
Causes
1. Genetic factors
  1. RAS genes
    1. EGFR
      1. ALK
        TP53
Pathogenesis
Clinical Presentation
1. Cough
2. Weight loss
3. Chest pain
4. Paraneoplastic syndrome
5. hemoptysis
  1. Causes
6. tracheal deviation
  1. Causes
    1. pulled
      1. Atelectasis
    2. pushed
      1. pleural effusion
Complications
1. Pleural effusion
  1. Metastasis
    1. Compression of the sympathetic chain
Management
Epidemiology

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	Created by Mariam Alzaabi almost 8 years ago