Could a pill prevent the world’s deadliest cancer?

Globally, lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate and blood cancers combined, but now researchers think that they might have developed a pill that prevents it. In this film, Nature explores the rapidly developing field of cancer interception. Cutting-edge research is showing an essential link between inflammation and cancer, which a global team of researchers says offers up a tantalizing opportunity. The scientists think that a blood test paired with relatively simple anti-inflammatory drugs could be all that is needed to detect those at risk and prevent lung cancer from ever developing. 0:00 The world’s deadliest cancer 01:42 A patient's story 03:45 A family history 05:05 Interception: a new way forwards? 06:10 Rethinking the cause of cancer 06:56 Inflammation is key 07:53 A pill that prevents cancer? 10:03 The challenge of pre-cancer 11:11 An advocate’s journey 12:43 The smoking stigma 14:15 The guidelines are broken 15:02 Is the future low-dose CT? 16:24 A blood test for cancer risk 17:41 “It is impossible not to be hopeful” Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday: https://www.nature.com/briefing