Understanding Lung Cancer Video Transcript

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Fractures then lead you to be immobile. When you're immobile, you're more likely to get blood clots. If you need surgery, you're more prone to infection. And so often times, people die of the complications of cancer having spread to other sites and trying to treat it, rather than for example, organ failure.

ANNOUNCER: Though lung cancer is often fatal, there is some good news for those living with this disease.

DAVID JOHNSON, MD: I suppose it's hard to say there's any good news for anyone who's diagnosed with the disease lung cancer. I think what we can say though is that patients with lung cancer today are living far longer than they were just a decade or so ago.

But we have a long way to go before we have really conquered this disease. It truly is a major scourge on our society.

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