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Lung Cancer Info

Lung Cancer is the leading cancer killer of women and men in the US, taking more lives than breast, prostate, and colon, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined. Lung cancer kills almost twice as many American women as breast cancer and more than three times as many men as prostate cancer annually.

Lives Lost to Lung Cancer in 2008

However, federal research funding for lung cancer lags behind many other common cancers and common diseases, such that treatments for lung cancer patients - although slowly improving - are insufficient to meet the challenges of this deadly disease.

Comparison of Cancer Fatalities by Type and Funding

The information you will find on these pages is designed to help answer questions about lung cancer and why it has not gotten the attention it deserves. Our website also has resources for patients and professionals, advocates and the press.

If the information you seek is not contained on these pages, please contact us at info@NationalLungCancerPartnership.org or 608.233.7905.

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By: Annie

I lost my mom to lung cancer in April of 2002. She had just turned 60 in January. My mom was an ex-smoker, some 20+ years at the time. She suffered fr...
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Sonya and her mom, who is a survivor since 7/07

Sonya and her mom, a survivor since July, 2007.
Read Sonya's story, My Mom's a Fighter.


Treatment Decision Tool

We are pleased to announce the availability of treatment decision tools for non-small cell and small cell lung cancer, provided in partnership with NexCura. These free, interactive decision tools help answer the question "What treatment options are right for me?".

 

 

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