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Article: Lung-cancer fight an uphill battle for women
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- It is lung cancer, not breast cancer, that kills the
most American women, lung cancer advocacy groups noted at a
congressional briefing on Thursday.
But during November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, there will be
few marches or rallies to raise research money and educate the
public. The reason: There are not enough lung cancer survivors to
build a strong grassroots movement.
"The fact is that lung cancer cannot pressure Congress from the
grassroots up. The people who get it are dead or dying," said Sheila
Ross, a two-time lung cancer survivor and representative for the
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education.
An estimated 68,800 women will die of lung cancer ...