cancer lungs: 1

Currently, cancer is a major cause of death in the productive age. It is estimated that, at least there are 150 new cancer patients each year per 100,000 people in Indonesia. This means, of the 200 million population is estimated there will be 300,000 cancer patients each year.

The prevalence of lung cancer in developed countries is very high, in the USA in 2002 there were 169,400 reported new cases (of which 13% of all new cancers are diagnosed) with 154,900 deaths (of which 28% of all cancer deaths), the prevalence of events in the UK reached 40,000 / year, while in Indonesia was ranked 4th largest cancer, the cancer hospital Dharmais occupied Jakarta in 1998 ranked third after breast cancer and cervix. The death rate from lung cancer worldwide reach approximately one million residents each year. Because of our recording system that prevalence was not good but certainly not yet known, and pulmonary tumor clinic at the hospital felt the true increase. In other developing countries reported the incident quickly rising partly because of excessive tobacco consumption in China is like 30% of cigarettes consumed the world. Most of the male lung cancer (65%) life-time risk in women 1:13 and 1:20.

Lung cancer is one of the biggest causes of death worldwide, with incidence rates increasing from time to time. Among all the diseases of cancer in men, lung cancer is the most common cause of death in the world. In women although the number
low incidence of lung cancer but it is the third leading cause of death due to cancer.

More than 1.3 million new cases of lung and bronchial cancer worldwide, causing 1.1 million deaths each year. Based on the number of incidents and the prevalence in the world, Asia, Australia, and Far East are at the first level with an estimated number of cases more than 670 thousand with a mortality rate of more than 580 thousand people. In Indonesia, lung cancer became the main cause of death of men and more than 70% of new cancers were diagnosed at an advanced stage (stage IIIB or IV). Therefore, only 5% of patients can survive for up to 5 years after being found positive.

According to Ahmad Hudoyo from Friendship Hospital, in Indonesia, lung cancer is the most cancers. This is mainly because the number of smokers, particularly smokers is very much a beginner. In the United States and European anti-cigarette programs are running and can hit smokers from 70% to 20%, lung cancer rates are still too many.

Until now, lung cancer is still a major problem in medicine. Difficult to detect lung cancer. In the early stages, this cancer has no symptoms, so that when the patient had been diagnosed at an advanced stage. Cancer cells that are not controlled in the lung tissue, making wild production causing that inhibits tumor growth and stop the lung function as they should. The large size of the lungs, causing cancer to grow for years undetected and without symptoms. The disease is only detected after the cancer reaches an advanced stage.