Today, lung cancer is the most fatal form of cancer for both men and women in the United States. The American Lung Association estimates that 159,260 Americans will die of lung cancer in 2014, which is more than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined.
Yet, according to Emily Elswick, Senior Director of Market Development at Covidien Interventional Lung Solutions, lung cancer can have – and should have – similar outcomes to breast or prostate cancer (which respectively have 89.2% and 99.2% 5-year survival rates, compared to 16.6% for lung, according to the American Lung Association).
Read the entire post at 'It's Not a Death Sentence': How Comprehensive Lung Programs Improve Outcomes