Smoking Cessation After Lung Cancer Diagnosis Improves Survival
February 11th, 2010
Quitting smoking after a diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer may reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and death. These results were published in the British Medical Journal.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, with an estimated 159,000 deaths each year.
Smoking cessation is known to reduce a smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer, but less is known about the effect of smoking cessation after a lung cancer diagnosis.