Mayo Clinic Medical Edge Lung Cancer Treatment 1:00
Log Intro with music
Audio GIVING YOU THE EDGE ON HEALTHY LIVING, HERE’S MAYO CLINIC’S MEDICAL EDGE. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE DIE FROM IT EVERY YEAR. WHEN IT COMES TO KILLERS, LUNG CANCER IS ONE OF THE WORST.
Mark Allen, M.D. Track 3 (:10)
“IN GENERAL THERE ARE FOUR STAGES OF LUNG CANCER… ONE BEING THE BEST AND FOUR BEING THE WORST.” TREATMENT SAYS MAYO CLINIC DR. MARK ALLEN, IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES. SURGERY, RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY.
Dr. Allen Track 1 (5:00)
“SURGERY AND RADIATION CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS LOCAL THERAPIES…TAKE OUT THE PART
THAT IS BAD.” USUALLY THAT’S ONLY POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DISEASE. CURE RATES DURING THAT TIME ARE FAIRLY GOOD, AS HIGH AS 80-PERCENT IN STAGE ONE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE LUNG CANCER… Dr. Allen Track 1 (3:35) “IN FACT OVER HALF THE PEOPLE WHO PRESENT WITH LUNG CANCER ALREADY HAVE DISEASE THAT’S SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BODY, WAY TOO FAR ALONG FOR SURGERY.” IF YOU’VE HAD ANOTHER CANCER, A GENETIC HISTORY OF CANCER OR ARE A HEAVY SMOKER YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A LUNG CANCER SCREEING TEST. FOR MORE INFORMATION, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR VISIT MAYOCLINIC.ORG. I’M VIVIEN WILLIAMS.