14 DAY TRIAL // Even if previous researches and statistics found that men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women, recent investigations showed that the 'trend' is starting to change and rates of women dying from lung cancer are on a continual rise. Results of a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center stressed the fact that women should be more concerned about death risks triggered by unhealthy, pierced lungs than in the past and this is why they should strive harder to quit smoking and prevent any other risk factors.
Researchers involved in the study stated that the findings are even more concerning if we take into account the fact that lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and kills an extremely large number of people. Gregory Kalemkerian, M.D., co-director of thoracic oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center stated: "If you add up the number of people in the United States who die of breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and pancreatic cancer, the number of people who die of lung cancer is greater than all of those combined."
He also added that lung cancer causes more victims among women even when compared to breast cancer and considerably more women die of lung cancer than of breast cancer yearly in the US: "Almost twice as many American women die from lung cancer every year than from breast cancer. I think that statistic says it all: Women are at high risk for developing lung cancer, particularly those women who smoke, and there is a greater risk of dying from lung cancer than from breast cancer."
The investigation of the existing data on lung cancer and deaths caused by the fearful condition highlighted the fact that, back in the 1970's period, the ratio was 3,5 men to only one woman diagnosed with lung cancer. On the other hand, in the 2000's the ratio became 1,5 men to one woman and it may soon reach 1 to 1. This has been primarily caused by the dropping in the number of male smokers and the increase in the number of women who took up the bad habit.
In conclusion, kicking the bad habit is the most appropriate method of preventing lung cancer and other related health disorders, such as cardiovascular diseases. This is what medical experts have been recommending for years now, but it doesn't seem to have convinced everyone up to the present.
Gregory Kalemkerian cautioned: "It is clear nowadays that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, as well as a host of other medical problems - some of which are even bigger risks to one's health, such as heart disease. There is no question that people should not smoke. If one is smoking, then the best thing to do is quit. We aren't going to be able to affect the number of deaths from lung cancer until we really affect the cause, and the cause is overwhelmingly tobacco."