ge in color or sputum, Persistent chest, shoulder, or back pain unrelated to pain from coughing, blood in sputum, recurrent pneumonia or bronchitis, and wheezing. There are also some signs and symptoms of lung cancer that may not be respiratory such as; fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, bone pain, aching joints, bone fractures not related to injury, and others. *** (The following has been taken word for word from Lung Cancer Patent Overview 101Pamplet)There are three main ways to treat lung cancer, and they are surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. There have also been other new treatment options that have increased lung cancer survival rates significantly over the past few years.Surgery: operation to remove tumor (and surrounding tissue, section or entire lung) Chemotherapy: treatment with anti-cancer drugs to shrink or destroy tumor Radiation therapy: treatment using high-energy rays (X-rays, radium, neutrons) targeted to cancerous tumorsNon-Small-Cell Lung Cancer StageDescriptionTreatment OptionsSTAGE I A/BTumor of any size found in the lung onlySurgerySTAGE II A/B Tumor has spread to lymph nodes associated with the lungSurgery followed by chemotherapySTAGE III/ATumor has spread to lymph nodes in the tracheal area, including chest wall and diaphragmChemotherapy followed by radiation or surgerySTAGE III/BTumor has spread to lymph nodes on opposite lung, or in the neckCombination of chemotherapy and radiationSTAGE IVTumor has spread beyond the chestChemotherapy and/or palliative care Small-Cell Lung Cancer StageDescriptionTreatment OptionsLIMITEDTumor found in one lung and in nearby lymph nodes, and amenable to radiationChemotherapy and radiationEXTENSIVETumors spread beyond one lung or to other organsChemotherapyIn the 1990s, new cancer drugs used in combination were found to be more successful and seemed to cause fewer side effects. There are newer treatments in development show promise of further improving lung cancer sur...
