Lung Cancer is Most Cancer Deaths In Worldwide
Lung cancer is responsible for most cancer deaths among men and women worldwide. The American Cancer Society estimates 215,020 new cases of lung cancer in the United States will be diagnosed and 161,840 deaths from lung cancer will be held in 2008. According to the United States National Cancer Institute, about one in 14 men and women in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer or respiratory tract at some point in their lives.
Lung cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly, almost 70% of people diagnosed with the disease are over 65 years, while less than 3% of cases occur in children under 45 years.
Lung cancer was not common until the 1930s but increased dramatically in the decades following the consumption of tobacco growing. In many developing countries, the incidence of lung cancer begins to decline after educating the public about the dangers of smoking and effective programs for smoking cessation. However, lung cancer remains one of the most common types of cancer among men and women around the world.
Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer in the cause of most cancer-related deaths of women in the United States. Lung cancer also as deadly disease in other country such as Japan, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, France, Japan, Poland, Hong Kong and other state region in United States, Asia and Europe.