Lung cancer leaves victims breathless
Deaths from lung cancer are greater among both men and women than from any other cancer in the United States, but many people are undereducated when it comes to this cancer.
We know about breast cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of 89 percent, and we know about prostate cancer, which has a 99-percent five-year survival rate, but what about lung cancer? Victims of lung cancer have a less than 16-percent five-year survival rate. Despite these staggering statistics, little research or funding exists for the prevention and treatment of this disease.
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