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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schabath, Matthew B
• Cote, Michele L

Titel

Cancer Progress and Priorities: Lung Cancer

Ist Teil von

• Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 2019-10, Vol.28 (10), p.1563-1579

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the United States, lung cancer is the second most common diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death. Though tobacco smoking is the major risk factor accounting for 80 to 90% of all lung cancer diagnoses, there are numerous other risk factors that have been identified as casually associated with lung cancer etiology. However, there are few causally-linked risk factors for lung cancer diagnosed among never smokers which, if considered a unique reportable category, is the 11 th most common cancer and the 7 th leading cause of cancer-related death. Lung cancer survival has only marginally improved over the last several decades, but the availability of screening and early detection by low-dose computer tomography and advances in targeted treatments and immunotherapy will likely decrease mortality rates and improve patient survival outcomes in the near future.