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What are facts about lung cancer?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

if you are a smoker then there is a 3 in 5 chance that you will develop lung cancer.

lung cancer develops between the ages of 55 and 65 years old.

lung cancer begins with coughing fits.
The number of Americans that die with lung cancer alone is more than the number of Americans that die from Breast cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer put together.

It is the number one killer disease in America. It kills more people than skin cancer does.

About 90 percent of the lung cancers that are diagnosed every year are due to smoking.

Lung cancer affects both the lungs and cancerous cells start reproducing quickly and then grow into normal lung tissue. They will eventually disrupt the functioning of lungs.

Exposure to carcinogens and asbestos can also cause lung cancer. This could happen if you are living in an industrial area.

About one hundred and eighty thousand new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed every single year.

African American women have the highest rate of incidents in lung cancer.

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11y ago

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