Lung cancer is among the most common cancers in our country. Unhealthy diet and harmful habits increase the risk of developing lung cancer. The age of catching lung cancer, which is more common especially in men, has decreased to the age of 30. Experts say that smoking should be avoided in order to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Air pollution is among the causes of lung cancer, which has increased much more than in the 1900s.
LUNG CANCER DUE TO AIR POLLUTION
Chest Diseases Specialist Doctor Mehmethan Turan stated that lung cancer is mostly seen in men due to smoking, and said, “Lung cancer is most common in men. The reason for this is smoking. Lung cancer has increased a lot recently due to the air pollution that the world has experienced. “It has come down to the ages. Environmental activities need to be eliminated,” he said.
SYMPTOMS APPEAR AFTER
Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital Chest Diseases Specialist Mehmethan Turan warned citizens about lung cancer. Pointing out that lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, Turan said, “Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in humans. Lung cancer does not appear as a symptom immediately. It is a disease that progresses insidiously and its symptoms appear later. Symptoms of lung cancer include coughing, coughing up blood, sputum production, severe chest pains and shortness of breath. Patients with such symptoms apply to our polyclinics. We take tomography of the lungs of our patients with symptoms. Then we do bronchoscopy. This application, which is performed through the nose or mouth, is a lung biopsy We make a pathological diagnosis with this method. Lung cancers are divided into two as small cell and non-small cell cancer. There is also cancer of the lung membrane. When we name the disease, all of them have different drugs and treatment methods. Oncology about the patient’s condition i, as thoracic surgeons, we determine the treatment method that should be applied to the patient. Here we decide whether the patient has surgery or not. If it is an operation, the thoracic surgeon operates, if not, we start the treatment with methods such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy,” he said.
THE RISK OF PEOPLE WITH LUNG CANCER IN THE FAMILY IS 17 TIMES HIGH
Chest Diseases Specialist Mehmethan Turan continued his words as follows; “Lung cancer, the cause of air pollution that the world has experienced recently, has increased a lot. It was not that much in the 1900s. However, air pollution and the widespread use of cigarettes caused lung cancer to increase. It is a very important factor in genetic predisposition in lung cancer. He said: “There is a 17 times higher risk of cancer if they smoke.