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PULMONARY NEOPLASMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED .Buy Quality Materials! __________________ is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States Lung cancer _____________________ is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in US men and women, behind prostate and breast cancers respectively Lung cancer Worldwide-most common type of cancer diagnosed in men and women leading cause of cancer death in men and women worldwide Lung cancer Risk factors for Lung Cancer -smoking -radon exposure -second-hand smoke exposure -enironmental exposures (ionizing radiation from medial therapy, or testing, asbestos metals, hydrocarbons) -other lung disease (pulmonary fibrosis) -HIV -family hx of lung cancer -alcohol and poor diet ________ are more likely to develop lung CA and have lower rates of survival at all stages compared to women Men Women who do develop lung CA are more likely to have ________________________, have a higher likelihood of localized disease at presentation and present at a younger age than men adenocarcinoma Lung cancer rates are 20% lower in __________________________________ compared to Caucasian women African American women In men, _________________________ have 45% higher rate than Caucasians, although most of this is attributable to smoking pattern African Americans Overall survival in African Americans is 13% lower compared to Caucasians at all stages of the disease for _____________________________ both men and women Lung CA is an insidious process, and the majority of patients will have well _______________________________ at the time of diagnosis advanced disease Symptoms from lung CA can be related to the ______________________________ or ________________________, distant metastasis, or paraneoplastic syndromes due to ectopic hormone production primary lung lesion or intrathoracic spread _________________________________ is the most common symptom, however, hemoptysis tends to be the most alarming to a patient New cough or a change in cough New cough/change in chronic cough: most commonly a feature of ___________________________ or _____________________________ due to their tendency to grow in the central airways squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or small cell lung cancer (SCLC) Sx of Bronchogenic CA: Cough may be dry or scantily productive of thin, mucoid secretions Sx of Bronchogenic CA: Patients can also develop a _______________________________ with moderate thick sputum post-obstructive pneumonia Lung Cancer all sx -new cough -hemoptysis -dyspnea -change in voice/hoarseness -chest pain -atelectasis, pneumonia, malignant pleural effusion -anorexia/weight loss Lung Cancer: Dyspnea Large airway obstruction from central lesions may cause? wheezing and stridor on exam Lung Cancer: Dyspnea Pleural or pericardial effusions from peripheral lesions may cause compression of the normal lung with ________________________ volume loss due to atelectasis Lung Cancer: Dyspnea ______________ and ____________________ may also develop from a central lesion or from mucous plugging Volume loss and atelectasis/ lobe collapse Lung cancer: Hoarseness more common in what tumors? left sided-tumors Lung cancer: Hoarseness caused by recurrent ____________________ involvement laryngeal nerve Lung cancer: chest pain A ______________________ pain on the side of the tumor which does not necessarily indicate invasion of adjacent structures dull, intermittent Lung cancer: chest pain