How to spot the signs of non-smoking lung cancer
Vicki Anderson Lung cancer nurse specialist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lung cancer numbers are rising among people who have never smoked but nurses can identify symptoms promptly
Lung cancer in never-smokers – meaning people who have smoked fewer than 100 tobacco cigarettes in their lifetime – is now the eighth most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the UK and the seventh most prevalent cancer in the world.
Cancer Nursing Practice.
23, 1, 11-11.
doi: 10.7748/cnp.23.1.11.s5
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