Lung Cancer – Deaths in the U.S. (Annually)
Lung Cancer is Rarely Detected Early and Takes More Lives than Any Other Cancer.

Lung cancer accounts for
12.3% of all new cancers;

21.4% of all cancer deaths.

Lung cancer kills about
2 times as many men as prostate cancer.

77%
of people diagnosed with lung cancer expected to die within five years or more, but if caught early, chances of 5-year survival improve dramatically.

Lung cancer kills about
1.4 times as many women as breast cancer.