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Patient Education - Lung Cancer Program at UCLA

Educating yourself about lung cancer:

Diseases of the Lung:

  • Bronchitis
  • Cancer - resources
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung cancer - non-small cell
  • Lung cancer - small cell
  • Lung disease
  • Lung disease - resources
  • Lung metastases (metastatic cancer)
  • Nodules
  • NSCLC
  • SCLC

Procedures:

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy
  • Chest drainage tube insertion
  • Lung needle biopsy
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Pleural tap; Thoracentesis

Signs and symptoms:

  • Blood clot - lung
  • Blood clot in the legs
  • Bone pain
  • Brain tumor - metastatic
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Coughing up blood; Hemoptysis
  • Headache
  • Pleural effusion

 

Tests and studies:

  • Bone scan
  • Chest CT
  • Chest MRI
  • Chest radiography
  • Echocardiogram
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Exercise stress test
  • Head CT
  • Head MRI

Tests and studies continued...

  • Lung diffusion testing
  • Lung function tests
  • Lung ventilation/perfusion scan
  • Nuclear medicine scan
  • Spine MRI
  • Spine x-ray
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Ultrasound

Therapy:

  • Chemotherapy
  • Laser surgery
  • Lung surgery
  • Pulmonary Lobectomy
  • Radiation therapy

 

 

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