Lung Cancer Most Close to Death

Cancer is known as a disease difficult to cure and can cause death. But it turns out lung cancer is a type of cancer who are closest to death.

From the 174,470 people who suffer from lung cancer, about 162,460 people died. As for the breast cancer death rate about 20 percent, and for colon cancer death rate about 50 percent.

Lung cancer patients who come to the hospital are generally already in an advanced stage. This is because a common symptom of lung cancer is usually accompanied by a cough. In addition, people from lung cancer which most smokers take cough are common.

Most lung cancer patients are in productive age. To diagnose examination x-rays, CT scans, PET-CT and followed by a biopsy.

It is estimated that every 30 seconds one person died of lung cancer in the world, this is equivalent to 3,000 people every day worldwide. Yet lung cancer can be cured if detected early. For that reason do not ignore any complaint whatever arises in the body, although such complaints are minor or mild.