In 2020, 34.6% of people diagnosed with lung cancer were women. The number that continues to increase, the fault of tobacco and the lack of screening possibilities.
Sad news: parity will soon be achieved in Lung Cancer. In 2020, only 16% of women were affected by this disease. In 2020, it was 34.6%. Among those under 50, the number rose to 41.1%..
Lung cancer is no longer a disease of men.and so notes the study presented at the French-language pulmonology conference in January 2022. Since 2000, this is every ten years, a recent report has evolved cancer Diagnosed and treated In French non-university centers, as reported Huffington Post.
Whose fault is it? In the cigarette shop!
At the origin of these cancers, Tobacco Reach 1st place: it is Responsible for more than 87% of cancer cases All races combined and 75% are among women. Across the Atlantic, among our American neighbors, lung cancer has established itself in recent years as a The main cause of female death.
Marie-Pierre Reville, chief of department at Cochin Hospital in Paris, on alert in columns Huffington PostOn “The epidemiological situation is very worrying in infected women The death rate from this cancer increases by 3% each year. »
Another worrying factor: 58% of lung cancer cases are diagnosed too late. In the metastatic stage, when the cancer has already spread to another part of the body that is not the original. And then the chances of survival inevitably decrease.
Only one solution: screening!
According to a study published on March 30, 2022 in British Medical Journalwhich has increased the early detection of lung cancer, via CT scan, has saved an estimated 10,100 lives in the United States.
in hexagonal shape Lung cancer is not yet covered by regular screeningas is already the case for breast cancer, it is offered automatically to women over the age of 50.
At present, the French health authorities fear The risk of ‘overdiagnosis’. In other words, it will be a matter of identifying tumors that will not turn into cancer, and therefore unnecessarily imposing heavy treatments on patients.
However, last February, the Supreme Health Authority (HAS) announced its desire to develop Establishing real experiences Before considering the deployment of a large-scale structured screening programme. »
Help Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris has just been launched An experimental study called “Cascade”, calling 2,400 smokers or ex-smokers, ages 50 to 74, for testing. Without surprise: Early detection of lung cancer in women would reduce the risk of death by 59%. Caution or safety…
At the age of 25, I had four cancers
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