LUNG CANCER

LUNG CANCER

• A cancer that begins in the lungs and must often occurs in people who smoke

IN THE US

• Each year in the US, more than 28,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly 160,000'die of the disease

LUNG CANCER

• Lung cancer takes more lives than breast and colon cancer combined- it accounts 27% of all cancer deaths.

80 PERCENT

• Nearly 80% of new lung cancer cases are former and never smokers - 20.9% currents smokers- 60% former smokers and 17.9% never smokers.

LUNG CANCER

• 1 in 14 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer

5- YEAR SURVIVAL

• The 5-year survival rate of lung cancer is 16.8% . Breast cancer has advanced to 89.2%.

SECOND LEAD

• Lung cancer is the second leading cause of all deaths in the US

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION

• Genetic predisposition may also play a role in lung cancer development.
• Is an increased likelihood of developing a particular disease based on a persons genetic makeup.

LUNG CANCER

• Lung cancer kills more women than any other cancer nearly 200 women each day and most die within a year of diagnosis

LUNG CANCER

• Lung cancer overtook breast cancer as the leading cause of the cancer death among women in the US in 1987

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