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Article: Knowing lung cancer symptoms could improve survival.(Editorial)
- Article from:
- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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Although persistent cough, bloody sputum, chest pain, and repeated bronchitis or pneumonia are symptoms of numerous diseases, they also are symptoms of the world's greatest cancer killer--lung cancer, according to a Nov 1, 2002, news release from the Global Lung Cancer Coalition. The coalition has a lung, cancer symptom checklist available on its web site (ie, http://www.lungcancer coalition.org) to help people at risk for lung cancer recognize the signs and to facilitate diagnosis and treatment as early as possible.
The leading cause of death worldwide, lung cancer kills more than one million people each year. Survival rates after treatment are lower than for ...