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Article: Lung Cancer; Facts to Know.(disease / disorder overview)(Disease/Disorder overview)
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Lung Cancer
- Article date:
- September 8, 2006
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Cigarette smoking is responsible for up to 80 percent of lung cancers among women. Those who smoke two or more packs of cigarettes a day have lung cancer mortality rates 12 to 30 times higher than that of nonsmokers.
In 2006, there will be an estimated 174,470 new cases of lung cancer accounting for about 13 percent of all cancers: 92,700 will be diagnosed in men and 81,770 in women, according to the American Cancer Society.
About 162,460 people will die from lung cancer in 2006, including 73,140 women.
Since 1950, lung cancer mortality rates for U.S. women have increased an estimated 600 percent. In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer ...