A non-smoker being treated for lung cancer wants a stigma broken down as she assures the community 'if you have lungs, you can be diagnosed with lung cancer'.
Andrea Gilbert hopes that when politicians hear her experience of being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer — as a non-smoker in her early 50s — they will think of the 12,000 lives that a national screening program could potentially save.
"Unlike myself, if they find out earlier, they will have more treatment options available to them and hopefully be able … to live with lung cancer rather than just be given a couple of options," she said. "I was told that I had stage four lung cancer, and that was devastating for myself and my family," Ms Gilbert said.Lung Foundation Australia chief executive Mark Brooke said lung cancer was often diagnosed in its late stages.WatchA study has found that if you are diagnosed with lung cancer today, you only have a 20 per cent chance of being alive in five years' time.
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