Lung cancer kills more than 160,000 people annually and 5,630 citizens in North Carolina each year– more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer is frequently diagnosed too late because there is no standard screening test and symptoms can be subtle. More than half of those diagnosed will succumb within a year, and only 15 percent will live five years or more. These startling statistics are why Governor Bev Perdue has declared November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month in North Carolina.