No One Deserves Lung Cancer No one Deserves Lung Cancer

The face of Lung Cancer is not what you think…

*50% of new cases are former smokers, many who quit

decades ago.

*Another 10 - 15% have never smoked.

*Lung cancer is the HIGHEST cause of cancer deaths;

more deaths than breast, prostate, colon and liver cancers combined.

*One in every three cancer deaths; three times as many men as prostate cancer twice

as many women as breast cancer.

*Only 16% of all new cases are being diagnosed at an

early stage when lung cancer is curable.

*The overall 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is still only 15%..

..while the 5-year survival rate for breast

cancer is 90%, for prostate cancer 99% and

for colon cancer 66%.

*Lung cancer is the least funded of these cancers.

Why?

*No priority or sense of urgency within federal

research agencies.

*Blame the victim mentality similar to AIDs.

No one deserves Lung Cancer.

Rest In Peace Carmella B. Fortune

March 31st, 1926-February 25th, 2010