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| Lung Cancer is the World's Most Lethal Disease, and the #1 Cancer Killer in the United State1, 8 |
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In 2009, approximately 160,000 Americans will die of lung cancer. |
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Every day, approximately 437 Americans die from lung cancer. |
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Lung cancer will account for 15% of all new cancers diagnoses, but 29% of all cancer deaths this year. |
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More Americans die from lung cancer each year than colon, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers combined. |
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| Lung
Cancer is a “Contemporary Epidemic in Women”
& Their #1 Cancer Killer1,2,3,4 |
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Stopping
Smoking Will Improve Your Health, But It Will Not
Cure
Lung Cancer 2,3,5,6,7 |
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Over 60%
of newly diagnosed lung cancer victims are
former smokers or never smoked cigarettes
in their lives. |
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Significant risk
of lung cancer remains for 20 or more years
after quitting smoking. |
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20,000
– 25,000 newly diagnosed lung cancer
victims never smoked cigarettes -
and these cases are on the rise. |
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Nonsmoking-related
causes of lung cancer include: |
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Air
pollution - as high a cancer risk as living
with a smoker.
Radon - the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer,
after tobacco smoke.
Exposure to asbestos, uranium, arsenic, diesel
fuel and other carcinogens. |
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Screening &
Diagnosis Are Major Challenges |
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In its early stages,
lung cancer is often symptomless.
Symptoms can include persistent cough, chest
pain, shortness of breath, hoarseness, recurrent
pneumonia & bronchitis, fatigue, and weight
loss.
Currently, there is no proven screening test
for lung cancer, but studies are underway
using a number of different technologies and
tools. |
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| Lung
Cancer Does Not Respond to Most Existing Therapies
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Only 16% of lung cancer is being diagnosed at its earliest and most curable stage. |
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The 5-year survival rate for breast cancer is now 87%, for prostate cancer 99% and for colon cancer 64%. The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 15%. |
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| SOURCES |
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Cancer Facts and Figures 2009, American Cancer Society |
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Furak J, Trojan I, Szoke
T, et al. Bronchioloalveolar Lung Carcinoma:.
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Lung Cancer Alliance 2009 Fact Sheet
www.lungcanceralliance.org/documents/LCAFundingFactSheet2009Final.pdf |
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