Is the mortality rate high for those diagnosed with lung cancer?

Is the mortality rate high for those diagnosed with lung cancer?

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The mortality for lung cancer is the highest amongst all cancers. Lung cancer will cause approximately one hundred and sixty thousand deaths per year, and it is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. This is higher than all three of the next common cancers combined. That would include colon cancer, breast, and prostate cancer together. Still, lung cancer has the highest incidents of mortality.