Researchers at the University of Nottingham (Great Britain) analyzed the medical records of 20,000 patients with a lung cancer between 2000 and 2013.
And the results of this study show that the survival rate after cancer diagnosis is low. Indeed, 5% of these patients were diagnosed after their death, 10% died within 30 days of diagnosis, 15% between 30 and 90 days and 70% survived for more than 90 days.
“Patients at higher risk of premature death of lung cancer are those who have missed opportunities, for example during a consultation for another reason, to be detected. It is not a question of simply widening the use of radio of the lungs but of better targeting this examination after a more systematic and more thorough clinical evaluation ”, conclude the authors of the study.
The warning signs of lung cancer
If only your doctor can confirm the condition, it is important to pay attention to the following symptoms. They can unfortunately herald lung cancer.
Some are related to the lungs, such as an intensive cough that does not go away, constant chest pain that gets worse when you breathe deeply or cough, bloody cough (mucus expelled from the lungs when you cough), shortness of breath or a hoarse voice.
And others are more general, such as fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, and severe shoulder pain.
If this study is British, this medical observation does not seem to have borders and unfortunately also applies in France.
Indeed, lung cancer is one of the most frequent cancers: in France, with nearly 37,000 new cases per year (27,000 men and 10,000 women), lung cancer is in fourth position behind those of the prostate, breast and colo-rectum. On the other hand, lung cancer (of which tobacco is responsible in nine out of ten cases) climbs to a grim first place in terms of mortality because it is often diagnosed too late.
