I was 52, a non-smoker, and told I had lung cancer. Life as I knew it was over | Briony Scott

The fastest growing subset of people dying from lung cancer is young women who have never smoked. We need less stigma around the disease, and more hope

There is no such thing as a "good" cancer. If you're being told you have cancer, by any criteria, you're not having a good day.

On 26 August, 2015 - Daffodil Day - I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I was 52, a mother of three, and have never smoked. Apart from a cough I'd had for a couple of weeks, I was feeling great. I turned up to the GP ready to be lectured on the overuse of antibiotics. Instead I was sent for an X-ray.