Lung cancer mainly affects the elderly. It is rare in people under the age of 40, and lung cancer rates rise sharply with age. The most diagnosed groups are aged 70-74.
Lung cancer also affects women at a very high rate and has increased recently. It is the third most common cancer in women after breast cancer and bowel cancer.
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Lung cancer does not usually cause noticeable symptoms, unless it spreads through the lungs or other parts of the body, which makes the recovery rate very low.In general, about 1 in 3 lung cancer patients live for at least five years after diagnosis, and about 1 in 20 people is at least
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Most smokers want to stop smoking and it’s the single most important thing a smoker can do to livelonger. At any one time, one in six smokers are trying to quit. It’s not easy, but more than 11 million people in the UK have become successful ex-smokers. Most of those who stop
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