WORRYING RISE IN NUMBER OF NON-SMOKERS GETTING LUNG CANCER.
Lung cancer is not only diagnosed in smokers but a large population of non-smokers too, a new study claims. The study was published in the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine'. As estimated, around 6,000 people, who never smoked, died of lung cancer in the UK. This number is greater than the number of deaths due to cervical cancer (900), lymphoma (5200), leukaemia (4500) and ovarian cancer (4200). "For too long having lung cancer has only been thought of as a smoking related disease. This remains an important association but, as this work shows, the scale of the challenge means there is a need to raise awareness with clinicians and policy-makers of the other risk factors including indoor and outdoor air pollution", said Paul Cosford, lead author of the study. Some of the major contributors to lung cancer in non-smokers include second-hand smoke, occupational carcinogen exposure, and outdoor pollution. Indoor cooking is also a key factor contributing to lung ca...