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Lung cancer is a disease with a profound effect on society. The incidence of lung cancer has stabilized at approximately 170,000new cases each year in the United States, but unfortunately, the mortality from lung cancer remains high at approximately 150,000 patients per year in the United States alone (Jemal et al. 2002).These figures have not changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Unfortunately, the high mortality from lung cancer makes it the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This high mortality is largely related to the fact that lung cancer most commonly presents with advanced disease at the time of diagnosis, and therefore, curative therapy is often not possible. A better understanding of the signs and symptoms of clinical presentation for lung cancer is important in the understanding of this disease to help make a proper diagnosis and ultimately decide on the best therapy. This chapter will discuss the clinical presentation of lung cancer and paraneoplastic syndromes associated with this disease. |
