No one Deserves Lung Cancer
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No One Deserves Lung Cancer No one Deserves Lung Cancer
The face of Lung Cancer is not what you think…
*50% of new cases are former smokers, many who quit
decades ago.
*Another 10 - 15% have never smoked.
*Lung cancer is the HIGHEST cause of cancer deaths;
more deaths than breast, prostate, colon and liver cancers combined.
*One in every three cancer deaths; three times as many men as prostate cancer twice
as many women as breast cancer.
*Only 16% of all new cases are being diagnosed at an
early stage when lung cancer is curable.
*The overall 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is still only 15%..
..while the 5-year survival rate for breast
cancer is 90%, for prostate cancer 99% and
for colon cancer 66%.
*Lung cancer is the least funded of these cancers.
Why?
*No priority or sense of urgency within federal
research agencies.
*Blame the victim mentality similar to AIDs.
No one deserves Lung Cancer.
Rest In Peace Carmella B. Fortune
March 31st, 1926-February 25th, 2010