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** About the lungs ** ** Start and Spread of Lung Cancer ** · Lung cancer starts in the lining of bronchi, but it also can start in other parts of the lungs · Lung cancer often takes many years to develop · First, there may be pre-cancerous changes in the lung · They can’t be seen on x-rays, and they don’t cause symptoms ** Types of Lung Cancer ** There are two main types of cancer. · Small cell lung cancer · Non-small cell lung cancer · If the cancer has features of both types it is called mixed small cell/large cell cancer ** Small Celled Lung Cancer ** ** What Causes Small Cell lung Cancer ** · A risk factor is anything that affects a person’s chance of getting disease such as cancer ** Tobacco Smoke ** · Smoking is by far the leading risk of factor of lung cancer · Tobacco smoke causes nearly 9 out of 10 causes of lung cancer
 * Small Cell Lung Cancer **
 * Lung cancer is cancer that starts in the lungs
 * The lungs are 2 sponge-like organs found in the chest
 * The right lung has 3 sections, called lobes.
 * The left lung has 2 lobes
 * The left lung is smaller, because the heart takes up more room on that side of the body
 * The lungs bring air in and out of the body
 * About 10% to 15% of all lung cancers are small cell type
 * This cancer often starts in the bronchi near the center of the chest
 * Although the cancer cells are small, they can multiply quick and form large tumors that can spread throughout the body
 * The kind of cancer is almost always caused by smoking
 * It is very rare for someone who has never smoked to have small cell lung cancer

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