肺癌研究报告Lung cancer(英文).pptVIP

Lung cancer Main pointer Clinical manifestation Diagnosis procedure Differential diagnosis Malignant tumors are cancer. They can invade and damage nearby healthy tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also break away from the tumor and enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic system. That is how cancer spreads and forms tumors in other parts of the body. The spread of cancer is called metastasis. Definition : Bronchogenic carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm of the lung arising from the epithelium of the bronchus. ? Lung Cancer Facts Figures Lung cancer is especially common among men in North America, Europe, and Oceania. At the moment, lung cancer rates are higher than ever before among the people of central and Eastern Europe. In Japan, lung cancer has increased tenfold in men and eightfold in women since 1950. In addition, Chinese women, many of whom are nonsmokers, have very high lung cancer rates. This phenomenon has been associated with exposure to cooking oil vapors and other forms of air pollution in the indoor environments of China.  The trachea splits into right and left main stem bronchi. The main stem bronchi are the major air passages from the trachea to the lungs and are similar to the trachea in tissue composition. The main stem bronchi enter each lung and progressively branch off into paired subdivisions throughout the entire organ (the tracheobronchial tree). Causes  It is estimated that tobacco smoking causes 80% of lung cancer deaths in men and 75% of lung cancer deaths in women. The more cigarettes that are smoked each day and the younger the age at which smoking began, the greater the risk of lung cancer . Competing risk factors such as secondhand smoke, asbestos, radon, occupational exposures, age, race, sex, and heredity also may play a role in lung cancer development (see Lung Cancer Risk Factors). Additionally, there are some studies suggesting that lung cancer may be prevented by dietary micronutrients such as carotenoids, vitamin C,