Thursday, January 1, 2009

What body parts or organs does lung cancer affect

What body parts or organs does lung cancer affect?
what other parts besides the lungs does lung cancer affect and what happens, how does it affect it?
Cancer - 6 Answers
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Lymphoma can present anywhere, normal lymphocytes - blood cells that provide immune defense - are found. N - lymph nodes H - liver (hepatic) L - lung (not shown) B - bone marrow S - spleen P - pleura (lung lining - not shown) O - bone D - skin M - mucos at linings- nose, stomach, eyes, etc Lymphoma is not one cancer, but a name for a group of related cancers that arise when a Lymphocyte (an immune cell) becomes malignant. When a lymphocyte becomes malignant it's biologic behaviour is arrested at its stage of development. Lymphomas cells may grown too fast or fail to die, and accumulate to form tumours in the body, most commonly in the lymphatic system - the network of lymph nodes and channels that filter blood Picture courtesy Patients against Lymphoma As Lymphoma is caused by cancerous lymphocytes it generally effects body regions where these cells are found The lymphatic system protects our body from infection Lymph vessels are thin tubes that branch into all parts of the body. They carry fluid derived from a body region back to small bean shaped structures called lymph nodes Lymph nodes function like an army barracks, when an enemy is detected the troops (lymphocytes) are rallied and sent forth to find and destroy the foe Besides lymph nodes and lymph vessels a number of other organs have a large population of lymphocytes Thus the body region effected by lymphoma is not as easy to visualise as when someone is told they have brain or bowel cancer
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esophagus
3 :
it effects your oxygen level in your blood so that efftes alot
4 :
Your bonchi, avioli and ur lungs.
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your whole body. since it affects your lungs, your blood flow will be affected. every time your heart beats it sends blood holding carbon dioxide to your lungs which will exchange the carbon dioxide (exhaling) for oxygen (inhaling). lung cancer could affect your breathing process, so you may not get enough oxygen in your blood, so you might have "dirty blood" (dirty blood being blood still holding carbon dioxide)
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well, my mom has stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer that has metasticized to her bones & lymph nodes. It's affecting her breathing because the tumor in her left lung was pressing on her airway & collapsed her right lung. It's causing HORRIBLE pain from the waist down because of the cancer in her bones. She's also in pain because she has HUGE tumors all over her spine.

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