Is lung cancer highly prevalent in women in their 60s

Generally speaking, women at the age of 60 are indeed a high incidence group of lung cancer because after entering the middle and old age at the age of 60, the body’s ability to resist and prevent diseases and immunity are also decreasing with age. Most of the high incidence age of lung cancer is above 40 years old, and with the increase of age, the risk and incidence rate of lung cancer will rise, and the peak of the incidence age is 55-65 years old, in which the number of women suffering from lung cancer is also increasing, which is mainly related to the living environment, and it may be related to the exposure to more oil smoke, long-term inhalation of second-hand smoke, and so on. For women after the age of 60, screening for lung cancer should be strengthened. Regular chest CT examination, as well as tumor markers related to lung cancer, such as carcinoembryonic antigen, etc., in order to detect lung cancer at an early stage.