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10 Μαρ 2024 · Tobacco use is the primary risk factor for lung cancer. As a risk factor, tobacco accounts for 90% of cases in men and 70% in women. Other environmental exposure risk factors include radon, asbestos, and occupational exposure such as arsenic, bis-chloromethyl ether, hexavalent chromium, mustard gas, nickel, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
31 Μαρ 2023 · The damage radiation therapy for lung cancer causes to the chest may result in longer-lasting side effects. A person may experience coughing and shortness of breath as permanent side...
6 Οκτ 2010 · The clinical guidelines presented aim to provide a sensible clinical approach to the management of cough in lung cancer. High quality research in this field is urgently required to provide more evidence-based recommendations.
17 Ιαν 2017 · Cough among patients with lung cancer is a common symptom affecting 57% of them as shown in a study of 223 consecutive outpatients with lung cancer. 1 In the same study, one-half of the patients felt their cough warranted treatment, and 23% reported their cough to be painful, reporting a median visual analog scale score of 32 mm (25th-75th ...
10 Σεπ 2020 · The management of these tumors critically relies on radiotherapy as a major part of multi-modality care, and treatment-related toxicities, such as radiation-induced pneumonitis and/or lung fibrosis, are important dose limiting factors with direct impact on patient outcomes and quality of life.
12 Οκτ 2018 · Given the availability of lung cancer-specific tools for cough assessment and emerging data on cough mechanisms and novel antitussive therapies, this study was conducted to describe the characteristics of cough in patients with lung cancer and to obtain information on its change over time.
The primary objective was to determine the effectiveness of interventions, both pharmacological and non‐pharmacological, (other than chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy) in the management of cough in malignant disease (especially in lung cancer).
