Lung cancer warning for women
Lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the most common cause of cancer death among women in the UK, according to new research.
Lung cancer statistics
- Some 15,449 women died from lung cancer in 2010, compared to 11,556 from breast cancer the same year.
- Around 41,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year (23,000 men and 18,000 women).
- Death toll is more than breast cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer and leukaemia combined.
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