Lung Cancer in Women

Lung cancer in women is the leading cause of death related to cancer. The fact is more than 70.000 women die from this disease each year. There are some facts from lung cancer in women.

Ø      Smoking and lung cancer

The primary cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoking. About 17% of women are smokers and it can crease the number of cancer women exactly lung cancer.

Ø      Risk factors for non-smoking women

Another harsh reality that lung cancer is also diagnosed in non-smoking women. The risk factors to the development of lung cancer in women who do not smoke:

·         Genetic factors such as the body react to carcinogens or substances.

·          Environmental factors such as exposure to secondhand smoke, asbestos, dangerous gas, and air pollution.

·         Hormones such estrogen.

·         General health and well-being.

Ø      Smoking in women

The percentage of women who smoke always increase every year. Based on the canters for diseases control and prevention’s (CDC) statement the teenage girls used some kind of tobacco product more than 500.000.