MEDICINE - Lung Cancer

Question 1

How many cases are believed to be preventable of Lung Cancer?

Answer 1

89% of cases.

Question 2

How many people die from lung cancer each year, as believed by scientists?

Answer 2

36,000

Question 3

What new development significantly helped the diagnosis of lung cancer?

Answer 3

X-RAYS + CT SCANS

Question 4

What action did the government take?

Answer 4

TV advertisements were banned in the UK - 1965
Smoking in public places - 2007
Health warnings on cigarette packages - 2016
Can no longer publicly display cigarettes

Question 5

Who and when did the technology to produce penicillin at a large scale begin?

Answer 5

Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau in 1945

15% of injured US and British soldiers would die without it.

Question 6

Marie Curie discovers portable X-RAY units.

Answer 6

During World War 1

Question 7

Symptoms of Lung Cancer?

Answer 7

• Persistent Coughing
• Coughing up blood
• Breathlessness
• Weight Loss

Question 8

How to check for a lung cancer tumour?

Answer 8

CT SCAN

Question 9

Treatments for Lung Cancer

Answer 9

Radiotherapy + Chemotherapy = Shrink tumour/ prevent tumour growth

Surgery to remove tumour.