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Lung Cancer Facts
If You Have Lungs, You Can Get Lung Cancer
- Each year in the US, approximately 220,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer.1
- Lung cancer takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined; it accounts for 27% of all cancer deaths.1
- African American males have the highest incidence of lung cancer and the highest death rate.1
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- Men's incidence rates began declining more than 20 years ago, while women’s rates just recently began to decline slightly.3
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References
1 American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2011. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2011.
2 American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009-2010. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2010.
3 Kohler, B, et al. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2007, Featuring Tumors of the Brain & Other Nervous System. JNCI, 2011. doi:10.1093/jnci/djr077
4 Fast Stats: An interactive tool for access to SEER cancer statistics. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute. http://seer.cancer.gov/faststats. (Accessed on 4-22-2011)
