LENGKONG, AYOBANDUNG.COM – Every year, 38,000 Britons are diagnosed with lung cancer. Most people diagnosed lung cancer are over 60 years of age and are or have been smokers.
For non-smokers, being passive smoker can increase the risk factors lung cancer up to 30 percent. Other risk factors include radiation and asbestos exposure.
Meanwhile, Head of the Sub-directorate of Cancer and Blood Disorders of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Aldrin Neilwan in February revealed that Globocan 2020 data noted that deaths due to lung cancer in Indonesia increased to 30,843 people with new cases reaching 34,783 cases.
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Lung cancer is the deadliest disease in the world after breast cancer with a prevalence of 11.4 percent.
“Therefore, the most important effort that must be done is no longer treating but preventive or preventive efforts that are a priority,” explained Aldrin.
Prevention efforts are not only implementing a healthy lifestyle. Doing screening or tests, according to Aldrin, is especially important for those who have high risk factors for cancer.
Indonesia has also just lost two of its best nation’s children, athlete Verawaty Fajrin and former TVRI broadcaster who is also a politician Max Sopacua, due to lung cancer. What happens when the body is attacked lung cancer?
The most common form of risk causes lung cancer is in the airways leading to the lungs. If the tumor blocks the airways, the sufferer will experience shortness of breath, wheezing, and a persistent cough, possibly coughing up blood and phlegm.
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