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NOTES =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What are the main factors that cause lung cancer? || Lung Cancer (cont.), ePublications (PDFs) []Causes of Lung Cancer, Michael W. Smith, WebMD LCC, Nov 01 2006 [] || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || * smoking =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || How does lung cancer affect a person? || How does Lung Cancer Harm Your Body?, [|DS_JanetSh4344], eHow, http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4564345_lung-cancer-harm-body.html || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || * difficulty breathing =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What are the different treatments for lung cancer? || [] Treatment for Lung Cancer, Cancer Backup 2003, 09 February 2009 last updated [] || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || * treatment =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What can we do to prevent lung cancer? || [] Top 5 ways to prevent lung cancer, Lisa Fayed, About.com, 21 June 2007 [] || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || * quit smoking =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What kind of statistics are there for lung cancer? || http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_What_Are_the_Key_Statistics_About_Lung_Cancer_15.asp UK Lung Cancer Incidence Statistics, Cancer Research UK, 17 November 2008 last updated http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/lung/incidence/ || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || * 2nd most common cancer
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Lung Cancer risks and causes, Cancer Research UK, 09 March 2009 last updated,[]
 * **Subject of notes**
 * pollution
 * Exposure to certain chemical materials or gas
 * risk factors ||
 * **Notes**
 * Record only important info
 * **PARAPHRASE**
 * Try to find a short effective quote || * smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer
 * The longer you have smoked, the possibility of getting lung cancer is higher
 * Around 35,800 people are diagnosed of lung cancer each year just in UK
 * Approximately 90% of lung cancer is from use of tobacco
 * Tobacco contains over 4,000 chemical materials in it and most of them were found to be carcinogenic
 * Passive smoking, AKA second hand smoking can increase the possibility of getting lung cancer
 * Non smokers who live close to smokers have a 24% higher percentage of getting lung cancer than other non smokers
 * Radon gas, which is a natural occuring radioactive gas, causes around 10% of all lung cancer
 * Exposure to certain chemical materials such as asbestos, metal dust and fumes can also increase the risk of lung cancer
 * Long exposure to bad pollution can increase the risk of getting lung cancer by up to 47% ||
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 * Ways to present this info on your wiki
 * Images/video to support this || * I didn't know smoking would raise the risk of getting lung cancer by so much
 * I am going to bald the important words to emphasize them
 * I am going to add an image of someone smoking and then an image of a lung with a cancerous cell in it and it will show that smoking can cause a serious problem. ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Lung Cancer and its Effects on Human, []
 * **Subject of notes**
 * tumor
 * side effects
 * what it does
 * harms ||
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 * **PARAPHRASE**
 * Try to find a short effective quote || * depending on how much the cancer has progressed, it affects the body differently
 * the cancer may spread to other organs
 * other organs more commonly include liver, bones, and brain
 * brain is one of the worst stages of lung cancer
 * difficulty breathing because of tumors
 * difficulty to see, and seizures, because of tumors in brain
 * bones start to ache, especially on the backbone, on the legs, and on the ribs ||
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 * Ideas, reactions to information
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 * Ways to present this info on your wiki
 * Images/video to support this || * Im going to put a picture of a lung with cancer
 * I'm going to put a video of the harms of lung cancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3wgtkYRjI
 * I thought that people with cancer have a lot to face, especially after i read the book It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong. ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Which Treatment for Lung Cancer?, Cancer Research UK, 02 October 2007 last updated
 * **Subject of notes**
 * surgery
 * radiotherapy
 * chemotherapy
 * small cell lung cancer
 * non small cell lung cancer ||
 * **Notes**
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 * **PARAPHRASE**
 * Try to find a short effective quote || * treatment is planned by looking at the type of cancer you have, where the cancer is inside your lung, your overall health, the stage of cancer, and the result of blood tests
 * surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy can be used for treatment of lung cancer in different situations
 * small cell lung cancer is usually treated with chemotherapy
 * surgery is not used in small cell lung cancer because there is more possibility that it might have spread
 * non small cell lung cancer is treated by surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or combinations of them
 * The doctor will always help you plan the best treatment for you ||
 * **Ideas**
 * Ideas, reactions to information
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 * Ways to present this info on your wiki
 * Images/video to support this || * i will find an image of a doctor talking to a lung cancer patient about what treatment will be the most suitable for the patient
 * I will keep my facts to the point and keep it simple so that the readers can easily understand it
 * When I researched the lung cancer treatments, it gave me thoughts that lung cancer can be cured very easily ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Prevention, Mayo Clinic Staff, Mayo Clinic Services, 10 November 2007 last updated
 * **Subject of notes**
 * fruits/vegetables
 * radon
 * secondhand smoke
 * exposure in workplace
 * alcohol drinking
 * exercise ||
 * **Notes**
 * Record only important info
 * **PARAPHRASE**
 * Try to find a short effective quote || * Smoking is the number 1 cause of lung cancer. If you don't smoke or quit smoking, the risk of getting lung cancer will decrease dramatically
 * try to avoid secondhand smoking. Although it is not as risky as smoking yourself, secondhand smoking can still increase the percentage of getting lung cancer
 * test your home for radon because high radon level can increase risk of lung cancer
 * exposure to fumes, dust, chemicals at workplaces can be unsafe
 * healthy diet such as eating lots of fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk of getting lung cancer
 * try not to drink, or at least moderate how much you drink
 * exercising regularly, atleast 30 minutes most days a week can reduce the risk of lung cancer ||
 * **Ideas**
 * Ideas, reactions to information
 * Your opinions
 * Ways to present this info on your wiki
 * Images/video to support this || * i will add images like no smoking, no drinking, exercising to show what can help prevent lung cancer
 * i think if we just watch out and be careful, we can reduce the risk of lung cancer by a lot
 * i will make a list and explain in detail how the things listed above can help reduce lung cancer risk ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || What are the Key Statistics About Lung Cancer? American Cancer Society Inc, 24 October 2008 last updated
 * **Subject of notes**
 * men/women
 * older people
 * Black men then White men
 * Men then Women
 * cause of cancer death ||
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 * **PARAPHRASE**
 * Try to find a short effective quote || * During 2008,approximately 215020 new cases of lung cancer
 * Lung Cancer accounts about 15% of all new cancers
 * 2 out of 3 people who get lung cancer are older than 65
 * Less than 3% of all cases of lung cancer are under 45 years old
 * Average time of diagnosis = 71
 * Men = 1 out of 13 Women = 1 out of 16
 * Black men are 40% more likely to develop lung cancer than white men,same to women ||
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 * Images/video to support this || * I'm gonna type the statistics in detail using numbers
 * I am going to add tables and charts to show statistics of lung cancer
 * After I researched about the statistics of lung cancer, I found out that there are a lot of people getting lung cancer every year ||

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