respiratory specialist France meeting 26. from 21st to 23rd January, 2022 for^I of Congress French Language Pneumology Society in Lily. During this gathering of experts, the most awaited presentation was by Dr Didier Debeauver of the Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse. He is the coordinator of an epidemiological study on lung cancer (KBP-2020) which gives its result every 10 years. Two worrying trends emerge from the analysis of the data: lung cancer Increase in women and non-smokers.

Lung cancer cases on the rise in women and non-smokers

in 2000, non smokers Or occasional smokers account for 7.6% of lung cancer cases. Today, it accounts for 12.6% of cases. Many of the reasons for this increase are genetic factors, but also environmental. exposed to air pollution or chemicals in the workplace. Most cases of lung cancer still a concern of smokers, The proportion of women diagnosed is also increasing, with 34% of cases in 2020 compared to just 16% in 2000.

Lung cancer is difficult to treat because clinical Often falls when the disease is already advanced. Survival in the five years following a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer improved between 2000 and 2010, by 10% versus 12.7%, respectively, this is not the case with the second form of cancer called small cell lung cancer. is called. Lung cancers can be cured if adequate care is taken, but as metastases appear, the task becomes more complex and survival is significantly reduced.