Some lung cancer interesting facts are as follows:

• The number of Americans that die with lung cancer alone is more than the number of Americans that die from breast cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer put together.

• It is the number one killer disease in America. It kills more people than skin cancer does.

• About 90 percent of the lung cancers that are diagnosed every year are due to smoking.

• Lung cancer affects both the lungs and cancerous cells start reproducing quickly and then grow into normal lung tissue. They will eventually disrupt the functioning of lungs.

• It is not a must that all people who smoke would develop lung cancer. However, quitting smoking reduces the chances of getting lung cancer by 80 percent.

• Exposure to carcinogens and asbestos can also cause lung cancer. This could happen if you are living in an industrial area.

• About one hundred and eighty thousand new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed every single year.

• The estimate is that around one hundred and fifty thousand of people with lung cancer will die.

• More women smoke than men and while the incidents of all types of cancer are reducing, the cases of lung cancer among women are rising.

• African American women have the highest rate of incidents in lung cancer.

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