Lung cancer - A to Z
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK and each year more than 38,000 people are diagnosed with the disease.
Smoking causes around nine out of ten cases of lung cancer.The longer a person smokes, the greater their risk of getting the disease. Quitting smoking dramatically reduces the risk of lung cancer.
Cancer Research UK is one of the major funders of lung cancer research in the UK, working to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. We also influence government policy on tobacco and health with the aim of preventing lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases. We played a key role in helping to secure smoke-free legislation for workplaces and enclosed public places across the UK.
Browse content about Lung cancer
- December 2009 podcast transcript
- Dr Paula Mulvenna
- Lung cancer - Key Facts
- Lung cancer - UK mortality statistics
- Lung cancer - risk factors
- Lung cancer research
- Our policy on tobacco control
- Our progress and achievements in the 1990s
- Prof Gerard Hastings
- Prof Richard Houlston
- Prof Tim Eisen
- Screening for other cancers
- Spot lung cancer early
- Dr Fergus Macbeth
- Lung cancer
- Lung cancer - UK incidence statistics
- Lung cancer - incidence projections to 2024
- Lung cancer - survival statistics
- Our impact on lung cancer
- Our progress and achievements from 1902 to 1959
- Prof David Phillips
- Prof Michael Seckl
- Prof Robert West
- Professor Richard Peto
- Smokefree England
Latest Lung cancer news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Cancer Research UK to investigate new drug combination in lung cancer
17 May 2012 - Press Release: People fail to list persistent cough as a lung cancer warning
30 April 2012 - Press Release: Lung cancer cases keep going up in women
13 April 2012 - News story: EU cancer death rate expected to fall again
29 February 2012 - News story: Gene test could identify early stage lung cancer patients who may benefit from extra chemo
27 January 2012 - Press Release: First patients enrolled in project to improve NHS cancer gene testing
21 November 2011 - News story: 'Epigenetic' therapy shows promise for hard-to-treat lung cancer
10 November 2011 - News story: Tobacco control policies 'bring healthcare savings'
29 September 2011 - News story: Chemotherapy strategy for elderly lung cancer patients questioned
9 August 2011 - Press Release: Cancer rates rise in middle-aged
18 July 2011
- News story: NICE recommends new targeted lung cancer treatment
10 May 2012 - News story: Molecule linked to lung cancer growth and spread
24 April 2012 - Press Release: Age affects risk of being diagnosed with cancer at advanced stage
2 March 2012 - Press Release: 5,200 classrooms of UK kids start smoking every year
22 February 2012 - News story: New genetic fault linked to lung cancer in non-smokers
22 December 2011 - Press Release: More lung cancer patients would survive for longer if surgery rates increased
14 November 2011 - News story: Chest X-rays for lung cancer 'do not save lives'
27 October 2011 - News story: Women 'underestimate the risks of lung cancer'
22 August 2011 - News story: Scientists uncover role gene plays in small cell lung cancer
21 July 2011 - Press Release: 'Detox protein' is collaborator in pancreatic and lung cancer development
6 July 2011
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