Infographic on Lung Cancer statistics and treatments in the United States. In honor of Lung Cancer Awareness month.

1. What You Need to Know
About Lung Cancer
Two main
types are:
Small Cell &
Non-Small
Cell
It’s the #2
diagnosed
cancer in
men
It’s the #2 diagnosed
cancer for White, Black,
American Indian, Alaskan
native & Hispanic women.
It’s #3 for Asian & Pacific
Islander women.
In 2010:
201,144
new diagnoses
158,248
deaths
It’s the #1
cause of
cancer
deaths in
men
It’s the #1 cause of cancer
deaths for White, Black,
American Indian, Alaskan
native & Asian & Pacific
Islander women.
It’s #2 for Hispanic
women.
2013
estimates:
228,190
new diagnoses
159,480
deaths
13.4% increase
in new cases &
0.78% increase
in deaths
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The Four Forms of Treatment for Lung Cancer
Surgery may be an option for
people with early-stage lung
cancer & is typically a
lobectomy-the lobe of the
lung that contains the cancer
is removed.
Radiation therapy is an
option for people with any
stage of lung cancer. It may
be used instead of surgery,
or combined with surgery
and/or chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy may be used
alone, with radiation
therapy, or after surgery.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to
kill fast-growing cancer cells,
but also effects other cells
like blood, hair, and in the
digestive tract.
mean
treatments are
becoming more
effective?
People with non-small cell lung cancer
that has spread may receive a type of
treatment called targeted therapy.
Targeted therapies can block the growth
and spread of lung cancer cells.
Depending on the kind of drug used,
targeted therapies for lung cancer are
given intravenously or by mouth.
Prevention
Avoid Risk Factors for Lung Cancer: cigarette smoking, exposure to second hand
smoke, radon exposure, & occupational exposure to lung carcinogens, such as
asbestos, arsenic, nickel, and chromium.
High-intensity smokers who take pharmacologic doses of beta-carotene have an
increased lung cancer incidence.
Smoking Cessation is covered by Medicare:
Follow this link to billing article.
Source information:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/statistics/index.htm
The National Institutes of Health http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/lung
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