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UK charity spreads awareness on lung cancer

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Lung cancer awareness month has begun, EGFR UK a charity "supporting patients and families being affected by Lung cancer, "the charity is based all around the UK and has forums in various cities including Leeds.

The charity has made it their mission to spread awareness that Lung cancer is a genetic disorder and is not solely based on if you smoke, your age and weight.

it can effect anyone.

That is why this disease causes the most fatalities out of all the forms of cancer, it goes undiagnosed until it eventually turns terminal. Members of the public do not have the awareness and education about the disease, EGFR UK chair Angela Terry hopes to change that.

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