Understanding lung cancer
Audiobook
Published:
01 Nov 2020
Next review:
01 Nov 2023
Edition:
17
This audiobook explains what lung cancer is, and how it is diagnosed and treated. It also talks about your feelings when you are diagnosed with cancer and has practical advice about dealing with work and finances.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Cancer and the lungs
- 4 Risk factors and causes of lung cancer
- 5 Symptoms of lung cancer
- 6 Types of lung cancer
- 7 How lung cancer is diagnosed
- 8 Staging and grading lung cancer
- 9 Treating lung cancer
- 10 Surgery to treat lung cancer
- 11 Tumour ablation
- 12 Chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer
- 13 Radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer
- 14 Chemoradiation for lung cancer
- 15 Targeted therapies and immunotherapies for lung cancer
- 16 Controlling blocked airways
- 17 Controlling symptoms of lung cancer
- 18 Follow-up after treatment
- 19 About our information
- 20 Other ways we can help you
- 21 Other useful organisations
- 22 Further resources
- 23 Can you do something to help
- 24 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Nov 2020
Next review:
01 Nov 2023
Edition:
17
This audiobook explains what lung cancer is, and how it is diagnosed and treated. It also talks about your feelings when you are diagnosed with cancer and has practical advice about dealing with work and finances.
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