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smoking in the United States. The interview also covers lung cancer, including how it develops and how it is treated. Part One: Cancer death rates Trends in smoking Lung cancer Pack years Second hand smoke Part Two: Diagnosing lung cancer Types of lung cancer Lung cancer symptoms Staging Lobectomy Recurrence Rate Dr. Richard Battafarano, head of thoracic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Battafarano is also an associate professor of surgery at the University of …

5 Responses to “Surgery for Lung Cancer (Part 2)”

    Yes. But if you quit your chances improve over the years. After about 2 years your chances are almost as good as someone who never smoked.

    what if you only smoked from 14 to 20 is ther a chance you can get it?

    yea my mom smokes and its not very good wen i smell it i go in my room and close my door b.c. i dnt want to get lung cancer or any other cancer. and even sometimes wen she tries to kiss me wen shes smoking i dnt let her cause the smoke smells soooo bad and sometimes wen i go in my room i spray my axe in my room sooooi dnt smell the cigarrete smoke

    doesn’t sound like lot of progress has been made … what a shame .

    Thank you for posting.

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