Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the leading cause of death among men and women. As of 1999 there have been about 1,221,800 new cancer cases in the United States. About 171,600 are lung and Bronchus cancer cases, out of that one hundred seventy one thousand six hundred cases, about 4,900 are in New Jersey alone. The mortality rate is about 563,100 just from cancer alone. The mortality rate for lung and bronchus cancer in the United States is about 158,900, 4,500 of …

…world. Many researchers believe that prevention offers the greatest opportunity at this time for fighting lung cancer. Although decades have passed since the link between smoking and lung cancers was clearly identified, scientists estimate that smoking is still responsible for 80% of lung cancer deaths. Research continues to study how to help people quit smoking through counseling, nicotine replacement, and other medications. Behavioral researchers are studying ways to convince young people not even to start smoking.