Non-smoker Diagnosed With Lung Cancer At 37 Demands 'urgent Action'

A non-smoker who was diagnosed pinch lung crab astatine nan property of 37 is campaigning for amended consciousness of nan information successful young women.

Jules Fielder, from Hastings, East Sussex, has secured a gathering pinch Health Secretary Wes Streeting aft a societal media campaign.

Ms Fielding, now 41, said she was challenging "outdated stereotypes" astir nan condition, peculiarly that it only affects older group aliases group who smoke.

She is demanding "urgent action" astir 1 of nan UK's biggest crab killers.

Ms Fielder said she was fixed a prognosis of six to 9 months successful August.

She said: "I conscionable thought, right, this is it, now is nan last straw for me.

"I'm conscionable going to usage my lifeline arsenic a instrumentality and usage nan powerfulness of societal media to effort to assistance maine what I'm after.

"And that is why I wanted Wes Streeting's attraction - to definitive really lung crab is UK's number 1 slayer but has nan slightest magnitude of limelight connected it."

Ms Fielder has a pursuing of almost 35,000 group for her crab travel blog connected Instagram.

Taking to societal media successful a coordinated activity pinch Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, she asked followers to return a achromatic and achromatic photograph holding their digit to their lips pinch nan hashtag BreakTheSilence.

Ms Fielding said nan consequence was "overwhelming" which led to an induce from nan Health Secretary.

She said she was wished to break down "outdated stereotypes" astir nan disease.

She said: "We still unrecorded successful specified a dated clip wherever nan stigma astir lung crab is associated to a man, a smoker.

"I'm not prepared to beryllium anymore and hold for different decade of non-smokers to look successful bid for lung crab to person nan consciousness and nan attraction that it needs."