Globally, lung cancer is the largest contributor to new cancer diagnoses (1,350,000 new cases and 12.4% of total new cancer cases) and to death from cancer (1,180,000 deaths and 17.6% of total cancer deaths). Lung cancer has been the most common cancer worldwide since 1985, both in terms of incidence and mortality. 2 The statistics reflect data from 2007 and, therefore, likely underestimate the current lung cancer burden.
1 Siegel and colleagues 1 reviewed recent cancer data and estimated a total of 239,320 new cases of lung cancer and 161,250 deaths from lung cancer in the United States in 2010.
Almost as many Americans die of lung cancer every year than die of prostate, breast, and colon cancer combined ( Fig. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world.
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