Best Hospital for Thoracic Cancer in Warangal
Department of Thoracic Cancer
It includes
- Lung Cancer
- Metastatic Disease to the Lungs
- Mediastinal Tumors
- Benign and Malignant Pleural tumors
- Tumors of the Chest Wall
- Esophageal Cancer
Lung Cancer
- Lung cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in males in India,
- leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Risk Factors
- Smoking
- Exposure to secondhand smoke
- Family history of lung cancer
- Previous radiation therapy to the chest
- Air pollution
- Occupational Exposure to asbestos and other carcinogens(arsenic, chromium and nickel)
- Exposure to radon gas
Symptoms
- Persistent cough
- Shortness of breath
- Coughing up blood
- Chest pain
- Unexplained weight loss
- Bone pain
- Headache
- Swelling (in Tumors of the chest wall)
Investigations
- CT Scan
- PET Scan
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Imaging guided Biopsy (Endobronchial Ultrasound, CT Scan)
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), Thoracoscopy, Mediastinoscopy
- Molecular tests (IHC)
Treatment
- Surgery [Open/Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)]
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted drug therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy
- Palliative care
Prevention
- Stop smoking
- Avoid secondhand smoke
- Avoid carcinogens at work
Lung Cancer Screening
To detect cancer in its earliest stages, done in individuals meet all of these requirements :
- between the ages of 50 and 80
- either currently smoke or have quit smoking within the last 15 years
- have a 20-pack-year smoking history (number of packs of cigarettes per day times the number of years you smoked)
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