Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Approximately 15% of
lung cancers have the histologic subtype of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and the …

In 2001 lung cancer caused more than 1 million deaths worldwide. Despite the well-
recognized link between tobacco use and the development of lung cancer, the number of …

While lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for many years in
the United States, incidence and mortality statistics–among other measures–vary widely …

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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and worldwide. Lung
cancer was rare in the nineteenth century, but its incidence increased dramatically …

Background: Ever since a lung cancer epidemic emerged in the mid-1900s, the
epidemiology of lung cancer has been intensively investigated to characterize its causes …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, making it an attractive disease
for chemoprevention. Although avoidance of tobacco use and smoking cessation will have …

Despite decades of declining mortality rates, lung cancer remains the leading cause of
cancer death in the United States. This article examines lung cancer incidence, stage at …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide. In China, the
incidence of lung cancer has grown rapidly, resulting in a large social and economic burden …

In the United States, the 20th century witnessed the emergence of a lung cancer epidemic
that peaked and began to decline by the century's end, a decline that continues today …