Lung cancer

Author: Xu Guangwei
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features:
1. What is lung cancer
2. What is the relationship between smoking and lung cancer, is passive smoking harmful
3. Are there gender and age differences in the occurrence of lung cancer
4. Can lung cancer be inherited or contagious
5. What are the symptoms of lung cancer that are easily ignored and lead to delayed diagnosis
6. What are the main symptoms of lung cancer
7. What tests are needed if lung cancer is suspected
8. Why must pathological histology and/or cytology diagnosis be required for the definitive diagnosis of lung cancer
9. What methods can be used to obtain lung cancer pathological tissue or cytological specimens
10. The role of sputum cytology in the diagnosis of lung cancer, what kind of sputum has a higher detection rate
11. Which type of lung cancer is suitable for fiberoptic bronchoscopy
12. Which patients are suitable for percutaneous needle biopsy, is there any risk, can it cause metastasis and spread
13. Why some patients need mediastinoscopy and thoracoscopy
14. What is mediastinoscopy
15. What is small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, why is small cell lung cancer considered a systemic disease
16. Is non-small cell lung cancer also a systemic disease
17. Why must staging tests be performed first after lung cancer is diagnosed pathologically or cytologically
18. What is the International Staging System for non-small cell lung cancer (1997), and what is its relationship with survival
19. What does a complete lung cancer diagnosis include
20. What are the characteristics of bone metastasis of lung cancer, and how is it treated
21. What is the difference between radicular pain caused by lung cancer bone metastasis to the lumbar vertebrae and sciatica
22. What are the signs of early liver metastasis of lung cancer
23. What are the early signs of brain metastasis of lung cancer
24. Can lung cancer metastasize to the heart, and what are the main signs
25. What are the characteristics of pericardial invasion or metastasis of lung cancer, and how is it treated
26. Which lung cancer patients need bone marrow aspiration biopsy
27. What are tumor markers, what tumor markers are commonly checked in lung cancer patients, and what is their clinical significance
28. Can lung cancer markers be used as a basis for diagnosing lung cancer
29. What are the extrapulmonary manifestations of lung cancer
30. What is comprehensive treatment