Sloan Kettering Lung Cancer Risk Assessment Tool: "This prediction tool can assess a long-term smoker's risk of developing lung cancer in the next 10 years based on the person's age, sex, smoking history, and asbestos exposure."

Age does not seem to be a factor in Lung Cancer Treatment: "Elderly patients are at the same level of risk as younger patients, when it comes to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the treatment of lung cancer."

Sunshine and Lung Cancer Surgery: "Lung Cancer Patients who had surgery in very sunny months and had a high intake of vitamin D were more than twice as likely to surpass the five-year survival mark as people who had winter surgeries and a low intake of vitamin D."

Ernie J's Lung Cancer Story:

Q- When were you diagnosed with lung cancer?
A-I was diagnosed with cancer in May, 2001.

Q-What type of lung cancer was diagnosed? Was a cause to your cancer defined?
A-I had non-small cell lung cancer, squamus cell carcinoma. Interestingly, my oncologist did not necessarily blame cigarettes as the cause. I think that was because I had stated that I had no one to blame but myself, - I had smoked at least two packs of non-filters a day for about 50 years. I think he was trying to avoid the psychology of my blaming myself for the cancer.

Q-What phase was the cancer in at the time of diagnosis?
A-The cancer was stage IIIa at diagnosis. I did not find out until a year later that they considered me inoperable/incurable.

Q-What options did the doctor lay before you?
A-The doctor gave me no options. She told me that "we will be very aggressive" with treatment.

Q-What treatment methods did you undergo?

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