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Lung cancer mortality, incidence fell ahead of COVID-19 pandemic: report - Fox News
Jan 13, 2022 49 secs

The American Cancer Society (ACS) in a new report said lung cancer incidence and mortality were declining. .

Lung cancer incidence reportedly fell for advanced disease, while rates for localized-stage increased suddenly by 4.5% annually, "contributing to gains both in the proportion of localized-stage diagnoses (from 17% in 2004 to 28% in 2018) and 3-year relative survival (from 21% to 31%).".

"In summary, progress has stagnated for breast and prostate cancers but strengthened for lung cancer, coinciding with changes in medical practice related to cancer screening and/or treatment," the society wrote.

That number includes approximately 350 deaths per day from lung cancer – more than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers combined and 2.5 times more than CRC

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the leading cause of cancer death in men aged 40 years and older and in women aged 60 years and older. 

The remaining balance of approximately 20,700 nonsmoking-related lung cancer deaths would rank as the eighth leading cause of cancer death among sexes combined if classified separately," the report pointed out

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