Lung cancer is a disease that is currently found in all other types of cancer throughout the world, both men and women. Even this disease becomes a fatal life-threatening disease.
According to the Globocan data 2018 there are 2.1 million new cancer cases and 1.8 million deaths from this disease throughout the world. Meanwhile, according to cancer experts from Dharmais Hospital, Dr. Evlina Suzanna, SpPA (K), in a year there were 30,023 patients diagnosed with lung cancer and about 26,000 patients died.
You need to be aware of any things that make the death rate in this disease so high. According to Dr. Evlina, lung cancer is suffered due to a lack of concern for a person with symptoms.
"The absence of standard early detection and the absence of specific clinical symptoms. This needs to be considered by patients to be more concerned with the concern for diagnostics for appropriate treatment,"
Dr. Evlina also said that lung cancer does not have typical clinical symptoms. Detection and enforcement of early diagnosis is very important for people who have high risk factors for lung cancer, especially for smokers. This is so that the patients get the right treatment and treatment.
Lung cancer assessed by Dr. Evlina has a low life expectancy because most of these diseases are diagnosed at an advanced stage.
"Therefore, immediately detect it as early as possible, to avoid the risk and not be late in handling it. Indeed, lung cancer does not have typical symptoms. Such as coughing, chest pain, back pain, shortness and even shortness of breath can even be at risk of lung cancer.