'The dirty disease' – both smokers and non-smokers get lung cancer. They face stigma on top of illness
- Written by: Jianni Tien, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
ShutterstockEarlier this year, federal health minister Mark Butler announced a new national Lung Cancer Screening Program. The first of its kind for lung cancer, the screening program will open initially to current and former smokers aged 50 to 70 years by July 2025. It aims to save lives by detecting lung cancer earlier.
Since the 1980s, highly...
