Lung Cancer

Question 1

Growth Rate

Answer 1

• Small Cell- Extremely rapid growth, doubles in 30 days, and metastasizes to brain and bones.
• Non-Small Cell- Tends to grow slowly and has late metastatic tendency
• Adenocarcinoma- Moderate growth rate by doubling in size at 180 days
• Large Cell- Rapid growth rate doubling in 100 days

Question 2

Benign

Answer 2

noncancerous

Question 3

Malignant

Answer 3

cancerous

Question 4

Surgery vs Chemo/radiation

Answer 4

Surgery- Non-cell for stages 1 & 2 complete resection

Chemo/radiation- when surgery isn’t an option and follow up after surgery