The Effects of Lung Cancer. Your lungs are part of a system of organs and tissues that allow you to breathe. They perform this role by taking air into your body and then moving waste gases back out. When you have lung cancer, abnormal (or “malignant”) cells form a cancerous tumor in your lungs. These cancer cells begin to damage and destroy your lung tissue. Malignant lung tumors may grow very quickly. read more
Lung cancer can affect breathing in multiple ways. Cough and shortnes of breath are often the presenting complaints for a patient with lung cancer. The way lung cancer affects breathing very much depends on the area of where the lung cancer is in the lungs and how it develops throughout time. read more
It may cause a range of side effects that could affect your employee’s ability to work. These include: fatigue; risk of infection; nausea and vomiting; body changes. After being diagnosed with cancer, your employee may be going through a range of emotions. They may need time off and support to process those emotions. read more