Lung cancer figures present a disturbing picture, with nearly 1,000 new cases detected in 2023.The statistics show 5,714 diagnoses in men and 3,773 in women. In 2021, the disease tragically claimed 5,716 lives.

Lung cancer ranks as the second most common cancer in men, following prostate cancer. For women, it also holds the second position, after breast cancer. Experts observe that women are beginning to “catch up with men” in terms of diagnoses.

This shift is attributed to women starting to smoke later, primarily in the 1970s. The long-term effects of this trend are now manifesting