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Can Emphysema Cause Lung Cancer

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Dr. Indu Kumar MD

I was diagnosed with lung cancer it read Chest/Mediastinum: there is a 1.6 x 1.3 cm lobulated right ... . Centrilobular emphysema . No mediastinal/hilar adenopathy. aberrant right subclavian artery... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra MD

I have pain in wrist sometimes and pain in knee rarely feels like sore muscle also in shoulders sometimes and forearm, is this sign of lung cancer or copd could cause this also? I was diagnosed with... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.   Monish De MD

I'm 70 yrs old, lung cancer survivor service related ( navy- boilerman) asbestos. I'm trying to get ... surgery @ the VA I developed COPD and emphysema . Could the lung surgery and radiation and or... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

exacerbated with the cold but because my father had emphysema and my mother lung cancer I am quite concerned. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Hari Charan Perigela MD

compatible with persistent scarring or subsegmental atelectasis . does this mean i have lung cancer or will be getting lung cancer? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hari Charan Perigela ( General Surgeon)

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Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

Is emphysema cancer of the lungs? I get really tight in the chest, pain in chest and shoulders and arms and can t breath Can it be emphysema? I am a smoker and find it hard to quit. Im also very tired ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vallurupalli Sudhakar Kumar MD

Hi - my stepdad has stage 5-6 dementia , CPOD, emphysema, and lung cancer . He recently was undergoing SBRT for the tumor (stage 1) and after three treatments was in the hospital with pneumonia - two ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vallurupalli Sudhakar Kumar ( Oncologist)
Dr.   Parth Goswami MD

surviving rate? Does this mean she have higher risk of lung cancer? ...Hi, my mother has bullae emphysema,COPD, asthma and pulmonary fibrosis. The doctor say that my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth Goswami ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Deepak Sundriyal MD

Hi My Dad (77yrs) has lung cancer, the tumor has collapsed his right lung. We were informed yesterday that it has spread to his liver and also to his lungs. He also suffers from emphysema. He has had ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepak Sundriyal ( Oncologist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

My husband has emphacema, adencarsimona lung cancer which is being treated with chemotherapy which is beginning to shrink the tumours, his problem is shortness of breath and now he can only walk 12 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)