1. BY: TJ Monaghan

2.  Affects millions of people every year.
 Leads the cause of cancer death for men and
women.
 You can get lung cancer without smoking

3.  85% of lung cancer is caused by cigarettes.
 Smoke
 Chemicals
 People who smoke have a 20 times more
chance to get cancer then nonsmokers.

4.  Both men and women
 Mostly people over the age of 21
 Daily Smokers
 Rare, but kids can also get this cancer

5.  The period can vary
 Can be weeks or even years
 People get x-rays for other reasons when they
find out that they have lung cancer
 A lot of people have lung cancer and they don’t
even know they have it.

6.  Can be affected by the lung tumor of even
other tumors all over the body.
 Coughing
 Coughing up blood
 Shortness of breath
 Chest pains

7.  Could be a very long process
 Chest x-rays
 Cat scan on the chest
 Lung biopsy to see if the tumor is cancerous

8.  Chronic; signs might not show up for years
 Not communicable; can not get the cancer
being around someone who has it.
 Once you get the cancer, you can get rid of it
but you can also get it back

9.  Lung cancer is the most preventable cancer in
the world.
 The main way how you can protect it is if you
do not smoke.
 Stay away from smokers since you can get
second hand smoke

10.  Long and very painful process
 Rounds of chemo and radiation
 Makes people very tired, weak, and sick
 Lung cancer is a terminal disease which kills
and affects millions of people every year.