Lung Cancer has Become Deadly

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Lung Cancer has Become Deadly
Lung cancer affects thousands of Canadians each year. The Canadian Cancer Society (2011) estimates that about 25, 400 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2011. The purpose of this paper is to present a case of lung cancer and provide information that will be provided to the patient in this case to increase his knowledge about lung cancer and explain the treatment process.
Case study
Mr. V. is a 65 year old non-smoker who is married with two children. He lives with his wife and both of his children live out of state. He retired from 30 years of employment with the postal services and has been working as a volunteer at the local library twice a week since retirement. A couple of weeks ago he...

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