Approximately 6,000 non-smokers diagnosed with lung cancer each year. Most are women and most high-risk Asian women.
Although the possibility of a non-smoker's lung cancer smaller than smokers, but the data in the UK showed 41,500 new cases of breast cancer are found each year. About 14 percent, or 6,000 cases unrelated to smoking.
Most lung cancer patients are non-smokers are women. In anecdotal, we see more and more female patients who had never smoked but diagnosed with lung cancer, compared with 10 years ago.
What causes this condition is not fully known. But scientists suspect is related to genetic factors combined with exposure to cancer-triggering substances, such as asbestos, radon gas, solvents, diesel exhaust fumes, cigarette smoke to other people.
Other risk factors include radiation therapy to the chest to other diseases such as breast cancer or lymphoma. It could also be from lung injury from previous medical conditions.
According to Deputy British Lung Foundation, lung cancer is always associated with smoking. However, before the habit of smoking spread in the early 20th century, the disease is often caused to women nonsmokers.
People who do not smoke usually suffer from adenocarcinoma or small cell lung cancer is not. This condition occurs in the glands that produce mucus at the entrance of air into the lungs. Those who exposed adenocarcinoma cancer is also experiencing a genetic error on the cell surface proteins that trigger cell growth.
Meanwhile, some research is still ongoing to identify what causes lung cancer in non-smokers. But seek funding for this research is also not easy because lung cancer is often regarded as a disease that is sought by the smoker.
Early diagnosis is a major role in the healing of cancer, but in the case of lung disease is not an easy thing.
The problem does not have lung pain threshold so it will not give a warning if there is something wrong. No specific symptoms of lung cancer and it is difficult to determine whether a cough or shortness of breath who suffered from cancer or not.
He added that while concern is a stubborn cough does not go away, the disease may be malignant. In 70 percent of patients who went to the doctor, has developed a serious illness.
Standard tests such as chest X-ray was sometimes not able to find cancer cells. Chest X-ray had a weakness for two dimensions. So there is a certain area, for example in the back of the heart, which is not visible.
Yet supporters examination with CT-scans are usually quite helpful. Because it should perform the checks if the cough does not recover more than three weeks or no weight loss for no reason. - Apparently, Lung Cancer not Only Disease Smokers
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