### nonsmall cell:

Lung cancer
* Many lung cancers have brain metastasis at the time of diagnosis.
* Most lung cancer begins in the cells lining the main air passages, or bronchi.
* Most lung cancer has characteristics
  - distinct characteristics
* Most lung cancer has several characteristics
* Most lung cancer is caused by cigarette smoking
  - diagnosed too late for curative treatment to be possible
  - cancers are nonsmall cell
* Most lung cancers begin in the airways and often can cause obstruction of the airways
  - to grow silently, without any symptoms
  - start in the lining of the bronchi
* Some lung cancer is caused by secondhand smoke
* accounts for almost a quarter of all cancer deaths in the United States
  - more new cases and deaths than do the next three leading cancers combined
  - one third of all cancer deaths of men
  - the largest number of cancer deaths among men and women
* arises as a result of permanent changes to cells lining the bronchial airways.
* associated with the gas exchange or pulmonary region is rare.
* begins with the constant irritation of smoke on the lining of the bronchi.
* can be curable if found early enough
  - either non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer
  - develop after exposure to hexavalent chromium vapors or fumes
  - occur in people who have never used tobacco
* cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumors.
* carries a much shorter survival than does breast cancer.
* caused by asbestos exposure is the same kind of cancer as that caused by smoking.
* causes more cancer deaths in the U.S. than any other type of cancer
  - than colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers combined
* causes more deaths of Canadian men than any other cancer
  - the largest number of deaths related to asbestos exposure
* claims more lives than any other cancer.
* comprises the overwhelming majority of cases handled by thoracic surgeons.
* continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths
  - kill, despite modern therapies
* develops over many years
  - slowly over many years
* difficult cancer to treat - long term survival rates are poor.
* disease in which abnormal or cancerous cells grow in the lungs
  - of old age
* disease that has a very poor survival rate
  - smokers inflict upon themselves
  - where the cells found in the lungs grow out of control
* expand exponentially, the initial rate of increase in terms of volume is very slow.
* fast-spreading and lethal disease.
* formation of tumors in the lung.
* growing global epidemic.
* harms the well-being of citizens.
* has a number of known causes, with cigarette smoking the most common cause
  - quite a low five-year survival rate
  - known causes, the most common of which is cigarette smoking
* is America's leading cancer killer
  - academic journals
* is also on the rise
  - one of the major effects of high doses of ionizing radiation
  - among the deadliest of all cancers
  - an important women's health issue
* is associated with exposure to elevated levels of radon
  - cancer that originates in the lungs
  - carcinoma
  - the tar in tobacco smoke
  - considered a silent killer because there are no early warning signs
  - diseases
  - epidemic in the United States, particularly among women at the present time
* is extremely common
  - rare in non-smokers
  - higher among rural women than among men, despite the lower smoking rate among women
  - just one of numerous diseases that smoking can cause
  - largely preventable, and the best protection is never smoking
  - linked to the amount of asbestos exposure, as well as the amount of smoking
  - long, slow, painful, nasty, and expensive
  - lung diseases
* is more common in cities than in the country
  - prevalent among the male population, closely followed by oral
  - most common but smokers also have a much higher risk of other cancers
  - mostly a disease of the elderly
  - notoriously difficult to treat
* is now one of the best know and feared of all diseases
  - the leading cancer killer in women
* is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among women
  - death from cancer among women
  - death from cancer for men and women in Taiwan
  - death in both men and women
  - most common malignancy in both men and women
* is now the number one cancer killer in America for both men and women
  - cause of cancer deaths among American women
* is often preventable and has been linked to lifestyle patterns such as smoking
  - under reported in the media, and is frequently associated with smoking
* is one of the diseases
  - main hazards from breathing asbestos
  - major health threats facing American women today
* is one of the most common cancers in men and women
  - conditions where a bronchoscopy is indicated
  - difficult cancers to treat
  - potentially curable if discovered early
  - renown for being difficult to detect until it is too late
* is responsible for about one-third of the overall recent increase in incidence rates
  - the largest number of deaths due to asbestos exposure
  - seven times as likely to strike a smoker as a nonsmoker
* is still the biggest killer by far
  - greatest cancer killer of both sexes
  - the UK's most common cancer, and one of the most lethal
* is the biggest cancer killer amongst men, a disease directly related to smoking
  - killer of cancers with almost a million deaths a year
  - cancer most commonly associated with smoking
  - commonest cause of death from cancer
  - great killer of men
* is the largest cancer killer of men and women in the world
  - single cause of cancer deaths in the United States
* is the leading cancer killer in the United States for both women and men
  - of both men and women in the United States
  - that kills women
* is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women
  - death among men and women in the United States
  - death for men and women in Canada
  - death in American men and women
  - death in the United States and worldwide
  - death in the United States in both men and women
  - death in women in the United States
  - death, both in the U.S. and worldwide
  - deaths among both males and females in the United States
  - deaths among both men and women in the United States
  - deaths for both men and women
  - deaths in both men and women in the United States
  - deaths in men and women
  - deaths in most countries
  - deaths worldwide
  - mortality in the United States
  - related deaths in the United States
* is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women
  - deaths in men and women in the United States
  - mortality in both men and women
  - mortality in much of the world
* is the leading cause of death from cancer in Australia
  - from cancers worldwide
  - premature death
  - causes of death in the United States and worldwide
  - type of cancer deaths in men and women
* is the most common cancer associated with tobacco smoking
  - cause of death among men and ranks second among women
  - world-wide
* is the most common cancer-related cause of death among men and women today
* is the most common cause of cancer death among men, and the second among women
  - cancer death in Australia
  - cancer deaths in the U.S. for both women and men
  - death from cancer in both men and women
  - form of cancer among men and women
  - feared cause of a persisting cough
  - frequent fatal cancer, for both men and women, in the United States
  - lethal form of cancer among men and women
  - prevalent form of cancer in both men and women
  - preventable of all common cancers
  - serious consequence of being subject to second hand smoke
* is the number one cancer killer of American women today
  - cancer-killer in men and women in America today
* is the number one cause of cancer death among women
  - cancer death for men in the United States
  - cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States
  - killer in the cancer group
  - number-one killer of both men and women
* is the only cancer that kills more people
  - form of cancer that kills more people
  - known health effect
  - second most common cancer in both men and women
  - single most preventable disease
  - third most common cancer among black females
  - top cancer killer of American men and women
* is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both of the lungs
  - cells in the lung
  - therefore a stigmatised disease with a low media profile
  - thus by far the leading cause of cancer deaths in Canadian men
  - treatable
  - treated most successfully in patients whose disease is detected in the early phases
* is very common
  - virtually impossible to detect early but is largely preventable
* kills more men and women than any other form of cancer
  - annually than prostate cancer and more women than breast cancer
  - each year than prostate and colorectal cancer combined
* kills more people every year than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined
  - then any other cancer
  - worldwide than any other cancer
* kills more women each year than breast and ovarian cancer combined
  - every year than any other cancer
* kills more women than breast cancer, but more young women are smoking than ever before
  - so many women
  - twice as many women every year as cancer of the breast
* kind of cancer that starts from cigars and cigarettes.
* malignant tumor of the bronchi covering.
* man's disease.
* occurs later in life, often after the person has been smoking for many years
  - most often in people over fifty who have long histories of cigarette smoking
* ranks first in cancer incidence and cause of cancer death in both men and women
  - second for both sexes
* related to asbestos has no particular histologic predilection.
* remains a disease with a dismal prognosis
  - pressing worldwide public health problem
  - very difficult disease to treat effectively
* remains as the leading cause of cancer death for both sexes
* remains the leading cause of cancer death for both genders
  - death in both men and women in the United States
  - death in most countries
  - cancer-related mortality in the western hemisphere
  - number one cancer killer of both men and women in the United States
  - world's most prevalent form of cancer
* start in bronchial tubes and lungs.
* starts in a single lung cell.
* stigmatized disease that is often diagnosed in the late stages.
* takes many years to develop.
* tends to occur in older people
  - result after years of accumulated damage to cells exposed to carcinogens
* very common and deadly disease.