| If you are looking for some lung cancer statistics, | | | | these cancer patients can be ascribed to the fact |
| you are reading the right article. Most people are | | | | that the disease is often only identified during the |
| aware that the majority of cancer deaths are | | | | final or advanced stages. During the final stages, |
| due to lung cancer. Actually, this type of cancer is | | | | cancer has already spread throughout the body |
| the second highest cause of death among people. | | | | and is affecting many organs adversely. As a |
| Because statistics show that 85% of cancer | | | | result most lung cancer patients die sooner, rather |
| deaths are due to smoking, it is possible to | | | | than later. |
| prevent many of these deaths by quitting | | | | A common fallacy, is that someone having quit |
| smoking. Smoking is not good for the health of | | | | smoking for 15 years has a reduced chance of |
| the smoker as well as for any passive smokers, | | | | getting lung cancer and that the condition of their |
| who are unfortunate enough to be living around | | | | lungs become comparable to those of a |
| the smoker. Compared to other causes of death, | | | | non-smoker. It does not matter what the |
| lung cancer deaths could become insignificant if | | | | perceptions are, but cancer statistics show it to |
| everyone in the world suddenly stopped smoking | | | | be impossible. The lungs of smokers will never be |
| completely. | | | | restored to the same condition as the lungs of |
| Statistics show that of all the ethnic groups in the | | | | non-smokers. While not further increasing their |
| world, the incidence of cancer in the lungs in | | | | probability of getting cancer, it could still never |
| African Americans is the highest. The reason | | | | decrease to the same probability applicable to |
| often cited is that it has also been shown that | | | | non-smokers. |
| African Americans smoke more than other ethnic | | | | There is a nine times higher probability for |
| groups. | | | | someone who smoked previously to die from |
| You may not be aware but this cancer is | | | | lung cancer, than there is for someone who has |
| considered to be one of the most life-threatening | | | | never smoked. Also, there is a twenty-three |
| kinds of cancer. Cancer statistics show that the | | | | times higher probability of a lung cancer patient |
| five year survival rate of breast cancer patients is | | | | who continues smoking to die, than there is for |
| 87%, while that of colon cancer patients is 62%. | | | | someone who has quit smoking. |
| Similarly, there is a 92% five year survival rate | | | | Needless to say, lung cancer statistics show |
| for prostate cancer patients. You will be shocked | | | | alarming links with smoking. If you do not wish to |
| to learn that the five year survival rate of lung | | | | die from this disease, then the message is simple |
| cancer patients is as low as 15%. | | | | - STOP SMOKING! As they say, rather safe than |
| One of the reasons for the low survival rate of | | | | sorry! |