How common is lung cancer?

How common is lung cancer?

Jay M. Lee (Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program, UCLA) gives expert video advice on: What ethnicity has the highest incidence of lung cancer?; Can non-smokers get lung cancer?; Is the mortality rate high for those diagnosed with lung cancer? and more...

Lung cancer is estimated to cause approximately 200,000 new cases in the year 2007 in the United States. It ranks as the second most common cancer amongst men and women. In men, prostate cancer is the most common cancer, and in women, breast cancer is the most common.