“AN ESTIMATED 236,740 PEOPLE will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022 in the U.S.  1 IN 16 PEOPLE will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime – 1 in 15 men, and 1 in 17 women.  LUNG CANCER kills almost 3 TIMES as many men as prostate cancer. LUNG CANCER kills almost 3 times as many women as breast cancer. Approximately 130,180 AMERICAN LIVES are lost annually.  541,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. TODAY have been diagnosed with lung cancer at some point in their lives. THERE IS HOPE. The number of new lung cancer diagnoses are declining steadily. From 2009-2018, the incidence rate decreased by 2.8% per year in men and 1.4% per year in women. Lung cancer deaths have been cut in more than half for men and by a third for women.”

Lung Cancer Research Foundation (https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/lung-cancer-facts/)