How common is lung cancer? Lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the UK after breast cancer. Around 42,000 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK in 2010, that’s around 115 people every day. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men after prostate cancer, with around 23,200 new cases diagnosed in the UK in 2010. Around 18,900 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK in 2010, making it the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. More than 8 in 10 lung cancer cases occur in people aged 60 and over. Rates of lung cancer in Scotland are among the highest in the world, reflecting their history of high smoking prevalence. In the 1950s, for every lung cancer case diagnosed in women in the UK, there were 6 in men. That ratio is now 4 cases in women for every 5 in men. Lung cancer incidence rates in men peaked in the late 1970s and since then have almost halved. This reflects the decline in smoking rates in men since around the end of the 1940s. From the mid-1970s to late 1980s, lung cancer rates among women increased by around 45%, since then they have increased more slowly with an increase of around 19%. The difference in lung cancer trends in men and women reflect variations in past smoking behaviour. In the European Union (EU-27) there were an estimated 289,000 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed in 2008. Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world with an estimated 1.61 million new cases diagnosed in 2008. Worldwide, the highest rates of lung cancer in men are in Central and Eastern Europe and for women in Northern America. The lowest lung cancer rates in the world for men and women are in Middle African countries. How many people survive lung cancer? Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival outcomes of any cancer because over two-thirds of patients are diagnosed at a late stage when curative treatment is not possible. When diagnosed at its earliest stage, around 73% of patients with non small cell lung cancer and around 56% of patients with small cell lung cancer will survive their disease for at least one year after diagnosis. Around 30% of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive the disease for at least one year after diagnosis. Overall, less than 10% of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive the disease for at least five years after diagnosis.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:00:00 +0000
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