Lung Cancer: Facts/Stats
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LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM TREATMENT OPTIONS • Program includes: ▼ Annual low-dose CT scans ▼ Access to tobacco cessation programs ▼ Consultations from health care providers ▼ Lung cancer support group • Eligible patients include: ▼ Current or former smoker age 50 or older ▼ Have smoked equivalent one pack of cigarees a day for at least 20 years ▼ Lung cancer survivors are also considered LUNG CANCER FACTS / STATS LUNG CANCER kills more people than colon, breast and prostate combined. ANNUAL PROJECTED NUMBER OF DEATHS: LUNG - 160,000 COLON - 50,830 PROSTATE - 29,720 BREAST - 39,620 Each year more men are diagnosed with lung cancer, but more women are living with the disease. 30% 70% 70% of cancer is from smoking 30% of cancer has no identifiable cause Risk factors: smoking, secondhand smoke, radon, asbestos, diesel exhaust, air pollution Early detection and multidisciplinary care is the best way to fight lung cancer. ..LUNG • houstonmethodist.org/cancer Chemo- therapy Radiation Therapy Targeted Drug Therapy Surgery
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LUNG CANCER SCREENING P ROGRAM
TREATMENT OPT IONS
• Program includes: ▼ Annual low-dose CT scans ▼ Access to tobacco cessation programs ▼ Consultations from health care providers ▼ Lung cancer support group
• Eligible patients include: ▼ Current or former smoker age 50 or older ▼ Have smoked equivalent one pack of cigarettes a day for at least 20 years ▼ Lung cancer survivors are also considered
LUNG CANCERF A C T S / S T A T S
LUNG CANCERkills more people than colon,breast and prostate combined.
ANNUALPROJECTEDNUMBER OFDEATHS: LUNG - 160,000 COLON - 50,830 PROSTATE - 29,720BREAST - 39,620
Each year more men arediagnosed with lung cancer, but more
women are living with the disease.
30%70%
70% of cancer is from smoking30% of cancer has no identifiable cause
Risk factors: smoking, secondhand smoke, radon, asbestos,diesel exhaust, air pollution
Early detection and multidisciplinary care is the best way to fight lung cancer.
. .LUNG • houstonmethodist .org/cancer
Chemo-therapy
RadiationTherapy
TargetedDrug
TherapySurgery
