NHS Choices assessment of press report that women's lung cancer death rates set to rise

Source: NHS Choices Area: News NHS Choices has assessed the study, published in Annals of Oncology, which predicted cancer deaths from all forms of cancer across the European Union in 2013, and reported that lung cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in British women. The rise in lung cancer deaths may be caused by: . the long-term effect of the greater number of women smokers during the 1960s and 70s . the fact that lung cancer remains challenging to treat, as it is often not diagnosed until it is at an advanced stage. The study also found that between 2009 and 2013, overall death rates for most cancers look likely to decline in Europe, although this decline is only 1% for the UK. The study also reported that deaths from pancreatic cancer showed no signs of falling in the UK.
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