Maybe it’s been decades since you’ve smoked, or you were never a smoker at all. While 2019 data suggested women fear breast cancer the most and men are most concerned about prostate cancer, the American Cancer Society states that lung cancer is “the second most common cancer for both men and women.” The society adds that lung cancer accounts for approximately one in five of all cancer deaths, and that “each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.”
Sadly, lung cancer has one of the lowest five-year survival rates because it is often detected in advanced stages, limiting treatment options.
Experts even developed a simple calculator tool to help you determine whether the new recommendation applies to you.
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