GPs are ‘missing lung cancer symptoms’ in non-smokers despite them making up one-in-seven victims Lung cancer is on the rise among non-smokers as experts warn that GPs are missing the symptoms.
Leading health officials said the issue received far too little attention – despite the fact 6,000 Britons who have never smoked die of lung cancer every year.
Smoking remains by far the biggest cause of lung cancer, but one in seven victims is a non-smoker, and scientists predict that within a decade, people who have never smoked will overtake smokers among lung cancer patients. The Daily Mail
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Leading health officials said the issue received far too little attention – despite the fact 6,000 Britons who have never smoked die of lung cancer every year.
Smoking remains by far the biggest cause of lung cancer, but one in seven victims is a non-smoker, and scientists predict that within a decade, people who have never smoked will overtake smokers among lung cancer patients. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Lung cancer in never-smokers: a hidden disease (abstract) Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- One in six people dying of lung cancer in UK are non-smokers, experts say The Guardian
- Pollution contributing to ‘thousands of lung cancers deaths in non-smokers', experts warn The Independent
- GPs refer more patients than ever for urgent cancer tests Pulse
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