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Cáncer pulmonar de células no pequeñas - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Carcinoma pulmonar de células no pequeñas; CPCNP; Adenocarcinoma pulmonar; Cáncer de pulmón de células no pequeñas; Carcinoma pulmonar escamocelular

Prevención:

Si fuma, deje de hacerlo. Nunca es demasiado tarde para dejar de fumar. Su riesgo de cáncer pulmonar baja considerablemente el primer año después de dejar de fumar.

Trate de evitar el tabaquismo pasivo.

Ver también: cáncer pulmonar

  • Reviewed last on: 9/26/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2008. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2008.

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Jett JR, Schild SE, Keith RL, Kesler KA. Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest. 2007;132:266S-276S.

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Tassinari D, Scarpi E, Sartori S, Tamburini E, Santelmo C, Tombesi P, Lazzari-Agli L. Second-line treatments in non-small cell lung cancer. A systematic review of literature and metaanalysis of randomized clinical trials. Chest. 2009;135:1596-1609.

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