Lung Cancer Screening for Smokers: Benefits of Early Detection
It can be hard to ignore the reality that an average of 6 people die each day from smoking-related diseases. In fact, 80 percent of smokers start before they even turn 21, and lung cancer is now the third most common form of this disease for men and women alike in Singapore. If you’re concerned about your risk for lung cancer, low-dose computerised tomography (CT) lung screening in smokers and former smokers can detect cancerous cells early to live longer, healthier lives.
Lung Cancer In Non-Smokers: No Longer Only a Smoker’s Disease
In our modern day, we prescribe to the notion that clean living can guarantee us a free pass from diseases such as lung cancer in non-smokers. But the unsettling fact is a significant percentage of patients with lung cancer have never smoked in their lives. What’s even more startling is the incidence of death from lung cancer is higher in Asian populations compared with European descent counterparts. If you’re wondering what percentage of non-smokers get lung cancer, then read on …
