Lung cancer occurs when cells in a certain part of the lungs and the airways grow and divide out of control.
Lung cancer is usually formed in the cells that line the airways smaller, such as the bronchi, and certain parts of the lungs such as the bronchioles or alveoli.
What is it lung cancer stage 2?
Alerts from Medical News Today, there are two main types of lung cancers, namely lung cancer-small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and lung cancer non-small cell (NSCLC).
Data from the American Cancer Society (ACS), NSCLC is the most common type, which reached to 80 up to 80 percent of the total cases.
Doctor membagijenis NSCLC into four stages to show how much the cancer has spread.
To classify the stage of NSCLC, doctors consider the size of the tumor, whether the cancer has spread, and where it spread.
The stage of the cancer will also help them to decide on the choice of treatment that a person needs and views of their potential.
The doctor breaks up with NSCLC stage 2 into two subtahap, namely subtahap 2A and 2B.
Lung cancer stage two usually measuring more than 4 cm and has spread to nearby lymph nodes or other structures.
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