Read article Lung cancer - A to Z
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK and each year more than 38,000 people are diagnosed with the disease.
Smoking causes around nine out of ten cases of lung cancer.The longer a person smokes, the greater their risk of getting the disease. Quitting smoking dramatically reduces the risk of lung cancer.
Cancer Research UK is one of the major funders of lung cancer research in the UK, working to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. We also influence government policy on tobacco and health with the aim of preventing lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases. We played a key role in helping to secure smoke-free legislation for workplaces and enclosed public places across the UK.
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- December 2009 podcast transcript
- Dr Paula Mulvenna
- Lung cancer - incidence projections to 2024
- Lung cancer incidence statistics
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- Lung cancer statistics
- Our impact on lung cancer
- Our progress and achievements from 1902 to 1959
- Prof David Phillips
- Prof Michael Seckl
- Prof Robert West
- Professor Richard Peto
- Smokefree England
- Dr Fergus Macbeth
- Lung cancer
- Lung cancer Key Facts
- Lung cancer mortality statistics
- Lung cancer risk factors
- Lung cancer survival statistics
- Our policy on tobacco control
- Our progress and achievements in the 1990s
- Prof Gerard Hastings
- Prof Richard Houlston
- Prof Tim Eisen
- Screening for other cancers
- Spot lung cancer early
Latest Lung cancer news from Cancer Research UK
- News story: Lung cancer will kill more European women than breast cancer by 2015
13 February 2013 - News story: More evidence that beta blockers help stop cancers from spreading
30 January 2013 - News story: Women smokers' death risk soars
24 January 2013 - Press Release: Lung cancer UK price tag eclipses the cost of any other cancer
7 November 2012 - News story: Trio of studies outline 'genomic landscape' of non-small cell lung cancer
14 September 2012 - News story: Lung cancer discovery confirms drug target's potential
12 July 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK initiative attracts innovative targeted cancer trials to the UK
31 May 2012 - News story: NICE recommends new targeted lung cancer treatment
10 May 2012 - News story: Molecule linked to lung cancer growth and spread
24 April 2012 - Press Release: Age affects risk of being diagnosed with cancer at advanced stage
2 March 2012
- Press Release: Late diagnosis and lack of treatment access may contribute to poor UK lung cancer survival
11 February 2013 - Press Release: Cancer death rates over a third higher in men than women
29 January 2013 - News story: National audit reveals improvements in lung cancer care
5 December 2012 - Press Release: Three-in-one 'supermolecule' could detect cancer early, help destroy tumours and monitor treatment
6 November 2012 - News story: Discovery could lead to targeted treatment for small-cell lung cancer
7 September 2012 - Press Release: Asbestos and shift work boost work-related cancer deaths to over 8,000 a year
20 June 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK to investigate new drug combination in lung cancer
17 May 2012 - Press Release: People fail to list persistent cough as a lung cancer warning
30 April 2012 - Press Release: Lung cancer cases keep going up in women
13 April 2012 - News story: EU cancer death rate expected to fall again
29 February 2012
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