Lung Cancer in the Young and Old

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Lung Cancer in the Young and Old  Lung cancer is not one disease, and not just a few types of disease.  In fact, the biology of a lung cancer is unique to every person.  Lung cancer is different between men and women, non-smokers and people who smoke, and the young and old.  As treatment becomes more personalized and precise (you may have been hearing the phrases personalized medicine and precision medicine,) pathology reports describing your unique cancer will play an increasing role in treatment. Best wishes until next week,  Dr. Lynne Lynne Eldridge MD Lung Cancer Expert Lung Cancer in Young Adults  Lung cancer in young adults is often different than lung cancer in older adults.  And unlike lung cancer in older adults, it appears that lung cancer in young, never smoking women, is increasing.  Read more READ NOW Share How is Lung Cancer Treated in Older Adults  Just as there is a myth that young people don't get lung cancer, there is a myth that older adults can't tolerate the treatments that younger adults tolerate.  Read more READ NOW Share How to Interpret Your Lung Cancer Pathology Report  Many cancer centers have a portal through which you can now access all of your medical records.  And, if not, it is a good idea to request a personal copy of all reports - including your pathology report.  Trying to read some of these reports is another problem.  For example, the word "gross" on a pathology report doesn't mean your sample is icky looking.  "Metastatic spread to a lymph node" doesn't mean you have stage 4 (metastatic) cancer, it only means that cancer cells have spread (metastasized) to that particular lymph node.  With molecular profiling recommended (but not necessarily done) for everyone with lung adenocarcinoma, and non-smokers with any kind of lung cancer, looking at your pathology report as a "double check" is more important than ever.  Read more READ NOW Share How is Lung Cancer Different in Non-Smokers?  From the type of cancer, to the treatments that may work best, to survival rate, cancer in non-smokers is different than lung cancer in people who smoke.  Read more READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • How to Determine Whether or Not You Have Hypertension • Which Supplements Could Actually Help You Live Longer? • Why You Need to Start Eating Fermented Foods • Easy Tips for Enjoying Fitness on a Budget • How Indoor Cycling Can Boost Your Happiness Quotient • Treating Your Post-Exertional Malaise: What Options are Available? • The Best (Cheap and Easy) Foods for Weight Loss • CBT for ME/CFS: What's Behind the Controversy? Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Lung Cancer newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved