The annual congress of French pulmonologists was held in Lille this weekend.

On this occasion, the doctors sounded the alarm.

According to a study carried out every ten years, the number of lung cancers is increasing sharply, particularly among women, reports

RTL

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Another worrying observation: although a majority of cancers continue to be linked to tobacco, non-smokers are increasingly affected.

Patients who have never smoked in their life now represent 12% of people with lung cancer.

This is almost double the results obtained twenty years ago.

The causes of these diagnoses can be multiple: genetic factors;

environmental factors, such as pollution;

or occupational factors, such as exposure to asbestos.

A “sneaky” disease

The toxic substance long used in construction would lead to bronchial cancers.

“Lung cancer is long insidious, asymptomatic, says the head of the pulmonology department at Mulhouse hospital.

By the time patients arrive with symptoms, it is often too late.

Symptoms include "chest pain, coughing up blood, loss of appetite, or weight loss."

In the event of potential exposure, it is therefore strongly recommended to go and be examined by a doctor.

If the management is early, that is when the tumor still measures less than 1 cm, the chances of survival at five years are 90%.

They are only 5% after the development of metastases.

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