After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally levelling off among women in European Union (EU) countries apart from Spain, according to predictions of mortality rates from the disease for 2026.
In the UK, death rates from lung cancer have been falling among women for several years, although from a higher peak than those seen in the EU, but they have continued to rise among EU women during this time.
Now, in a new study published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology today (Monday), researchers led by Carlo La Vecchia (MD), Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Milan (Italy), predict that age standardized death rates (ASR) from lung cancer among EU women will stabilize at around 12.5 deaths per 100,000 women in 2026. This…