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"Faces of Lung Cancer," a photo exhibit with portraits and inspirational messages from nine lung cancer survivors in Kentucky, is on display at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center on the 1st floor atrium of the Combs Research Building, 800 Rose St., until Monday, Dec. 16.
This exhibit was coordinated by the Kentucky Cancer Program to spread awareness about lung cancer and prevention, according to a UK press release.
Lung cancer kills more Kentuckians every year than the next eight most common cancers combined, and Kentucky leads the nation in both lung cancer and deaths from it, and by some estimates also leads in smoking, the leading cause of lung cancer.
An estimated 25 to 28 percent of Kentuckians are smokers, compared to 18 or 19 percent nationally.
And while tobacco use increases your risk, the UK release notes that anyone can develop the disease: "Lung cancer kills nearly twice as many women as breast cancer, and is the leading cause of cancer deaths for both men and women in the U.S."
Symptoms are generally not noticeable in the early stages of lung cancer, according to UK's Health Education through Extension Leadership newsletter.
Signs and symptoms of lung cancer include:
? Chronic cough
? Hoarseness
? Coughing up blood
? Weight loss
? Loss of appetite
? Shortness of breath
? Unexplained fever
? Wheezing
? Repeated bouts of bronchitis and/or pneumonia
? Chest pain
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'Faces of Lung Cancer' photo exhibit at Markey Cancer Center is meant to spread awareness about disease and its prevention
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| Lung cancer survivor Juanita Meade |
This exhibit was coordinated by the Kentucky Cancer Program to spread awareness about lung cancer and prevention, according to a UK press release.
Lung cancer kills more Kentuckians every year than the next eight most common cancers combined, and Kentucky leads the nation in both lung cancer and deaths from it, and by some estimates also leads in smoking, the leading cause of lung cancer.
An estimated 25 to 28 percent of Kentuckians are smokers, compared to 18 or 19 percent nationally.
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| Kathy Sinclair, lung cancer survivor |
Symptoms are generally not noticeable in the early stages of lung cancer, according to UK's Health Education through Extension Leadership newsletter.
Signs and symptoms of lung cancer include:
? Chronic cough
? Hoarseness
? Coughing up blood
? Weight loss
? Loss of appetite
? Shortness of breath
? Unexplained fever
? Wheezing
? Repeated bouts of bronchitis and/or pneumonia
? Chest pain
- Medicare To Pay For Ct Scans Of People At High Risk Of Lung Cancer
Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, which leads the nation in lung cancer and deaths from it. "This is an important new Medicare preventive benefit since...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plan to start paying for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people at high risk. Spiral CT (computed tomography), which is used to look for lung cancer, is a low-dose form of X-ray that...
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The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess new approaches for identifying...
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The Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky supports a statewide smoking ban and an increase in the state cigarette tax to significantly reduce cancer deaths in the state, the center's director told a legislative committee Sept. 3....
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