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* Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death
in the United States for both men and women. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008)
* Lung cancer estimates
for 2008 (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008):
New cases: 215,020
Males: 114,690
Females: 100,330
Deaths:
161,840
Males: 90,810
Females: 71,030
Lung cancer kills more Americans each year than breast, prostate,
colorectal, and pancreatic cancers combined.
Lung cancer kills more than three times as many men each year than prostate
cancer.
Lung cancer kills more women each year than breast, ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers combined.
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