Conditions and Diseases

ACCP: Updated lung cancer guidelines

Lung cancer causes more deaths in the United States, 160,000 estimated in 2012, than the next three most common cancers, colon, breast, and prostate, combined. More than 1.6 million people worldwide were newly diagnosed with lung cancer, comprising 13% of…

ACCP_img_logoLung cancer causes more deaths in the United States, 160,000 estimated in 2012, than the next three most common cancers, colon, breast, and prostate, combined.

More than 1.6 million people worldwide were newly diagnosed with lung cancer, comprising 13% of all new cancer diagnoses, and 1.4 million died of lung cancer, which was 18% of all …

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ACCP: Updated lung cancer guidelines