A new study has revealed that Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are three times more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer and die from the disease than non-Aboriginal women.
Cancer Council Victoria has urged the state’s indigenous population who smoke to get support and quit to reduce the risk of getting lung cancer.
Council Chief Executive Todd Harper said “lung cancer accounts for more than one-in-four cancer deaths in Aboriginal Victorians, compared to almost one-in-five in other Victorians”.