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do not let your life go up in smoke!

Like smoking, lung cancer is no longer the preserve of men. It is even becoming the first female cancer before the breast. Its frequency has increased 20% in five years. Symptoms, testing, treatment. Doctissimo an update on the most lethal cancers.

The lung images

The poumonFournir oxygen to our bodies and expel waste gases, are the main missions of our lungs. But you know in detail the secrets of our respiratory system?

announced a massacre

Responsible for 25 000 new cases each year in France, cancer of the lungs may be considered a major problem of public health in our country. Most common cancer in humans, it is poised to surpass breast cancer in women. Types of lung cancer, epidemiology, linkages with other lung diseases. The elements to react!

Who is at risk?

If certain industrial products can promote the development of lung cancer, smoking plays a role in the occurrence of these tumors. More than 9 in 10 cancers are deplored in smokers or former smokers, with a predilection for women.