Artist Le Binh died of lung cancer: The doctor pointed out that the culprit was extremely familiar

"Assassin" from tobacco

Doctor Nguyen Phuong Anh - Central Lung Hospital said that 90% of the 660,000 cases of lung cancer are diagnosed annually in the world as smokers. The risk of lung cancer among smokers is 10 times higher than for non-smokers. The level of risk increases varies according to the type of cancer cell.

Smoking also causes cancer in many other parts such as the throat, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, uterus, cervix, kidney, bladder, bowel and rectum. The death rate from smokers' different cancers is twice as high as non-smokers and those who are heavy smokers have four times more deaths from cancer than non-smokers.

Specialist BV The Central Lung also points out that chronic obstructive pulmonary cases are caused mostly by patients with a history of smoking. 75% of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are caused by smoking. This is a common disease, characterized by airway obstruction, progressing progressively, associated with abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs by harmful particles and gases. Acute episodes and co-morbidities contribute to the severity of each patient.

"If the risk of dying from COPD in a non-smoker is 1, this risk increases in the heavy addict. In addition to lung cancer, smokers have a 27% higher rate of oral cancer and laryngeal cancer. 12 times higher than non-smokers "- BS. Phuong Anh said.

Who should go for a routine health check to find lung cancer?

According to cancer experts, the clinical signs of lung cancer are often poor and non-specific, so most patients are discovered by chance. Therefore, it is necessary to have clinical findings early when there are no symptoms. Therefore, people need to be screened twice a year, young people can maintain once a year.

According to Dr. Luong, people should take measures to screen for cancer, especially if they need to take a lung exam once a year or every 6 months. When there are signs of suspicion, patients need to go to specialized respiratory examination and give treatment.