LUNG'S CANCER
Mon, 08 Sept
|Gunnison County
Symptoms Lung cancer typically doesn't cause symptoms early on. Symptoms of lung cancer usually happen when the disease is advanced. Signs and symptoms of lung cancer that happen in and around the lungs may include: A new cough that doesn't go away. Chest pain. Coughing up blood, even a small amou
Time & Location
08 Sept 2025, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Gunnison County, American Mountain Rd, Colorado 81210, USA
About the event
Causes
Lung cancer happens when cells in the lungs develop changes in their DNA. A cell's DNA holds the instructions that tell a cell what to do. In healthy cells, the DNA gives instructions to grow and multiply at a set rate. The instructions tell the cells to die at a set time. In cancer cells, the DNA changes give different instructions. The changes tell the cancer cells to make many more cells quickly. Cancer cells can keep living when healthy cells would die. This causes too many cells.
The cancer cells might form a mass called a tumor. The tumor can grow to invade and destroy healthy body tissue. In time, cancer cells can break away and spread to other parts of the body. When cancer spreads, it's called metastatic cancer.
Smoking causes most lung cancers. It can cause lung cancer in both people who smoke and in people…