lung cancer nassim jalal touil 27 feb2013
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What is Cancer?
Cancer is an abnormal cell differentiation that would invade different tissues forming mass tissue called ‘’Tumor’’.
Lung cancer develop in the cells lining air passages. We can distinguish two types:• Small cell lung cancer.• Non-small cell lung cancer.
His name was Kevin …He died of lung Cancer at 33 years old.
Left a crying Mother and Kid
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Kevin knew he was at high risk of lung cancer as he had high genetic susceptibility, his father died of lung cancer.
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Kevin use to smoke about two cigarettes packs a day despite knowing the possible consequences ….
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Kevin demonstrated shortness of breath while exercising
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He later suffered from shoulder, chest and arm pain
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Kevin’s cough was more frequent because of tobacco and he developed repeated bronchitis and
pneumonia.
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Smoke started to damage his lungs, and slowly a tumor masse started to settle and grow within his
lungs.
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Further, malignant Cancer cell spread through blood all over the body forming metastasis and Kevin
realized it was serious ...
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Knowing his genetic susceptibility, Kevin should have kept away from secondhand smoke
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Including antioxidants to Kevien’s diet could have increased his life expectancy …
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Abstaining from tobacco smoking, sometimes associated with alcohol drinking could have saved
Kevin’s life
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Had Kevien quit smoking, regularly checked his lungs, he would have lived a long and a happy life
with his son and wife.
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