Health careers ''vital for lung cancer treatment''-Health Careers News 03 Nov 2009

Those interested in health careers may be inspired to help lung cancer sufferers make a recovery.

Dr Jesme Fox of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation outlined the ways in which patients can be supported by improvements in hospital treatment.

She said: "All patients should have access to best practice diagnostics, treatment and care. Raising the standard for all, to the best services, would dramatically improve outcomes for patients."

Ms Fox went on to suggest that there are too many discrepancies in the standard of care found throughout the country.

Early diagnosis would also mean that patients have enough time to receive effective treatment, she asserted.

Moreover, the general public could be given greater access to information about the symptoms of lung cancer - such as breathlessness and heavy coughs that worsen.

According to the National Lung Cancer Audit, there were 24,048 patients submitted with the condition in England and Wales during 2007.

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