Tag: Horner

  • Lung cancer non-small cell

    Lung cancer non-small cell

    * Tobacco: high risk beyond 20 PA; Carcinogenic: benzopyrene and polycyclic hydrocarbons; nitrosamines;phenols; arsenic. * Other FDR: asbestos (amphibole overcoats, for little or no chrysotile); arsenic; nickel; chromium; iron oxide;hydrocarbons; beryllium; ionizing radiation. * Genetic factors: HLA B12 group. * Late effects of tuberculosis -> adenocarcinoma A- Pathology: 1- squamous carcinomas: – 40-50% of lung…