Lung cancer is disease which is primarily associated with the people who smoke in any way either actively or passively. As it is notion that generally the men smoke regularly the number of cases in men is more as compared to women. But due to the change in the lifestyle the numbers of women’s are also catching up in this field also to out power men. Diet is also an important factor. Lung cancer prevention can be done in case of both smokers and non-smokers if they keep a good watch on their diet. The risk can be minimized if they have 5 serves of vegetables and fruits daily. They should include apple, melons, tomatoes and green vegetables. According to a study in Finland eating an apple can reduce the chances of having cancer to as low as 58% as compared to those who does not eat it. This is because it is rich with cancer fighting flavonoids.

Also try to have some tomato sauce in your food while cooking because cooked tomatoes shows protective properties against this disease in the smokers. Taking a subsequent amount of beta-carotenes will also help but take it from the natural sources like peach, melon, mango and sweet potatoes. Avoid supplements of this and Vitamin A as a study has proved that there is an increase in lung cancer to as high as 28% among smoker who were taking these as supplements.

Lung cancer patients have to visit doctors on regular basis for treatment but for the preventive measure also one must visit doctor for a medical checkup. This should be accompanies with medicines and an X-ray of chest is must on an yearly basis of the smokers, people above the age of 50 and for those who have case in their family as they are likely to have so. X-ray is a preventive measure that helps in lung cancer screening form time to time. Also it assist the doctors to have a good idea about your lungs health and to diagnose the cancer in early stage, this will in turn help you to go for the treatment at the right time.

Certain medicines have properties that ward off the cancer like aspirin, selenium (constituent of multivitamin), vitamin C tablets, etc. They can be taken in small dosage but on the other side of coin are the inherited side-effects of medicines. So you must consult doctor prior taking these medicines.