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根据以下材料,回答题 LungCancer
Thedeathrateduetocancerofthelungshasincreasedmorethan800percentinmalesandhasmorethandoubledinfemalesduringthelast25years.Itisconsiderablyhigherinurbanandindustrialareasthaninruraldistricts.(46)Thosefactorswhichhavebeenmentionedmostfrequentlyarethepresenceofforeignparticlesandotherirritantsintheair(smokeparticles,smog,exhaustfumes),andthesmokingofcigarettesandcigars.
(47)Amongheavysmokers--21to30cigarettesperday--themortalityratefromlungcancerisnearly17timestheratefromnonsmokers.Itisexpectedthedeathrateamongwomenwillincreaseasthepresenthighrateofsmokingamongwomenhasitseffect.
SometimescasesoflungcancerarediscoveredatthetimeanX-rayistakenforthepurposeofdetectingtuberculosis.(48)Earlydetectionisabsolutelyessentialifanypossibilityofcureistobemaintained.ModemX-raymachinesincompetenthandsposesuchslightdanger,atleasttothoseover40yearsofagethatthiswouldbemuchmorethanoffsetbytheadvantagesofdiscoveringatumorwhileitissmallenoughtobecompletelyremoved.
(49)Thetumormaygrowuntilthebronchusisblocked,cuttingoffthesupplyofairtothatlung.Thelungthencollapses,andthesecretionstrappedinthelungspacesbecomeinfected,witharesultingpneumoniaortheformationofalungabscess.(50)Theonlytreatmentthatoffersapossibilityofcure,beforesecondarygrowthshavehadtimetoform,istoremovethelungcompletely.Thisoperationiscalledpneumonectomy.
Malignanttumorsofthestomach,thebreast,theprostateglandandotherorgansmayspreadtothelungs,causingsecondarygrowths.
回答(46)题 A.Acommonformoflungcancerisbronchogeniccarcinoma,so-calledbecausethe
malignancyoriginatesinabronchus.
B.Lungcancer,alsoknownascarcinomaofthelungorpulmonarycarcinoma,isamalignantlungtumorcharacterizedbyuncontrolledcellgrowthintissuesofthelung.
C.Toooften,however,acurrentemphasisuponthedangerofexposuretoradiationfromX-raymachinescanfrightenpeopleawayfromroutinechestX-raysandthuspreventanearlydiagnosisoflungcancer.
D.Numerousstudieshavedemonstratedastrikingcorrelationbetweenthedeathratefromlungcancerandsmokinghabits.
E.Suchalungcancercanalsospreadtocausesecondarygrowthsinthelymphnodesofthechestandneckaswellasinthebrainandotherpartsofthebody.
F.Therearemanypossiblecauses,butitisstillcontroversialwhicharemostblameworthy.
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