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24th May 2019
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Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs.
These abnormal
cells do not carry out the
functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow, the abnormal
cells can
form
tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung, which provides oxygen to the body via the blood.
All cells in the body contain the genetic material called deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Every time a
mature cell
divides
into two new cells, its DNA is exactly duplicated. The cells are copies of the original cell, identical
in every
way. In
this way, our bodies continually replenish themselves. Old cells die off and the next generation
replaces them.
A cancer begins with an error, or mutation, in a cell’s DNA. DNA mutations can be caused by the normal
aging process
or
through environmental factors, such as cigarette smoke, breathing in asbestos fibers, and to exposure to
radon gas.
Researchers have found that it takes a series of mutations to create a lung cancer cell.
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