Research Progress on Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer and Prevention Discussion

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors, it has brought a great threat to human health. In recent years, the mortality and incidence of lung cancer have ranked first among cancers, the characteristics of lung cancer, such as being difficulty diagnosed in the earlier stage; rapidly developing condition, difficult treatment, and high rate of morbidity, which has taken harm to people's normal living quality, Lung cancer is related to internal factor-human body, and external factor-environment and human factors. In this paper, smoking, diet and nutrition, regional distribution, indoor and outdoor air pollution, gender, occupational exposure, lung-related medical history, genetics, gene mutation and other factors related to the occurrence of lung cancer are reviewed in the latest domestic research. The prevention actions to be done by individuals like changing lifestyle, sufficient physical exercises, emotional control, physical examination in certain periods, and sleeping improvement are reviewed; The prevention actions to be done by the government like improving environment, carbon emission control, and air pollution improvement are discussed. Both individuals and society should pay attention to these preventative actions, and make sure these actions are followed up and reached, so the serious impact from lung cancer can be greatly reduced. People’s normal living quality can be greatly improved.