Table 6.

Summary of Lung Cancer

Epidemiology	Incidence increases with age
	Peak incidence of 431.8/100,000 person years in 75- to79-year-old age group
Clinical presentation and evaluation	Non–small cell lung cancer most common
	Frequently present with metastatic disease
	Cough, shortness of breath
	Hemoptysis
	Chest pain, hoarseness
	Constitutional symptoms: fatigue, weight loss
	Paraneoplastic syndromes
	Imaging
	Staging: clinical and pathological if able
Risk factors	Cigarette smoking
	Radon exposure History of radiation exposure
	COPD
	Pulmonary fibrosis
	HIV
	Female gender for adenocarcinoma
Treatment	American College of Chest Physicians guidelines after staging
	Multidisciplinary approach
Determinants of outcome and health-related quality of life	Depends on stage, treatment, comorbidities, functional status

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.