Lung cancer: epidemiology, etiology, and prevention

CSD Cruz, LT Tanoue… - Clinics in chest …, 2011 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world.
Almost as many Americans die of lung cancer every year than die of prostate, breast, and
colon cancer combined (Fig. 1). 1 Siegel and colleagues 1 reviewed recent cancer data and
estimated a total of 239,320 new cases of lung cancer and 161,250 deaths from lung cancer
in the United States in 2010. 2 The statistics reflect data from 2007 and, therefore, likely
underestimate the current lung cancer burden. Lung cancer has been the most common …