What are the typical causes and risk factors for your chosen pathology? Can you relate any of the typical risk factors to YOUR patient? Eg if the pathology normally affects males aged 50+, does your patient fall into this category?

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

1.INTRODUCTION:

• Brief overview of pathology- incidence statistics, population commonly affected, relative aggressiveness etc
• Introduce your patient- age, gender etc (You may include other relevant information if you have it eg body habitus, smoking status, activity level)
• How did your patient present to the hospital? Brief description of signs/symptoms
• Signpost reader to key discussion points

2.ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY:

• Make sure this is RELEVANT! In other words make sure that you discuss areas of anatomy which directly relate to your chosen pathology
• Consider how the pathology might affect anatomical function
• In the case of cancers, what is the normal path of metastatic spread? Discuss this in the context of the anatomical relations of the organ/tissue

3.AETIOLOGY:

• What are the typical causes and risk factors for your chosen pathology?
• Can you relate any of the typical risk factors to YOUR patient? Eg if the pathology normally affects males aged 50+, does your patient fall into this category?