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Home My WebLink About2014-10-14 Public Comments Lung HelpLine L NG A toll-free resource for patients and their � caregivers to speak to a registered nurse, • • respiratory therapist or quit smoking specialist about lung health questions. ' • ' I . / - - _ - - -.•,, t;:+'�. ,., : . I I I I 1 � , "During my mother's R E YO U Information, illness, the Lung HelpLine staff was like When You a lifeline. There are no Need It Most words to adequately � express my gratitude A E R 0 • Lung Cancer to the American •Asthma Lung Association ■ • COPD for providing a real • Quitting Smoking person Lcould talk to, • Environmental Health who listened to my • Lung Diseases questions and gave and much more me answers I could understand:' _- '�, _ � —Margaret - � �, '�� ' € ' c � � � � � � Let us find your answers. i �`1 `° ', ' I - 800 - 586 - 4872 �� J - ` �; �� •,. �_ �A �'' www.Lung.org � AMERICAN LUNG ASSOGIATION. Fighting for Air . . � . - . - �C� �l �� 0 °�Q� rMi C�f100 Join LUNG FORCE, inspire many. . • . . Has lung disease touched your life, or the life of � � someone you love?Are you a survivor, patient, = � � � � � • or caregiver for someone living with lung � disease? I � � � - F - -- If you answered yes to the questions above, , , we need your help. � _,— — ' ! More than 33 million Americans suffer from �; ` _ chronic lung disease and we need LUNG FORCE 1 � a Heroes to be the voice for these individuals. '�� ~ � Only a force of many can stand up to the �� . .�� _ � � ,, �, �•- ' -�� .� , � - frightening rise of lung cancer in women, the - . ,,,, ° �„ �,; deadly disease that is COPD, the daily ��. ` i ` � � � challenges that asthma sufferers face, and a � . � air pollution that threatens our lungs and our lives. � -8 0�- LU N G — V SA ge part of the nationwide LUNG FORCE (800-586-4872)'�` movement and share your story —join LUNG • 7 days a week FORCE and become a LUNG FORCE Hero today. • 8 a.m. - midnight Eascern / 7 a.m. - I I p.m Central For more information, visit LUNGFORCE.ORG or • Translation services into 200 different languages contact your local American Lung Association at • You can also ask a question at www.Lung.org 1-800-LUNGUSA or (1-800-586-4872). * TTY for hearing impaired: 1-800-501-1068 AMERICAN �11V� � ASS CIATIONo F��RCE_ � AMERIGAN LUNG ASSOCIATION� �J Fighcing for Air \ , � . , . , �-~ � � , ' y t�` h � _� �v' .J� ,~� �� . � �� `, -� , � •.t 1�f� - -��-- �` C�v�G�f��lH:o�cc�no�c�63&�0 •- ^ • - � u •. - • C�33 - -� ntl`t3-� �e • C4CmC�t•A�J� 4��YJJnp•E�(L�j -��IQDI[�jf,�l�a, C�3JC7.3C'F:��Q3EG�OQZC�Q�D3R��L�C'$�'ib �� C.'��$'i t]G�E��'i b E�]D� C�tCt� ��f3 •�co - .• • e . JOIN THE FORCE - REGISTER AT LUNGFORCE.ORG/WALK 5roN50P5 S�GE {�';` �8��n..�.a�.. � ��r'.��.r�. �- J � �- �� '� ; �}�" /� ,t =� "�� , f u� , �_ « �� : ; � . . �;�,' ��, ��\� � �� ; - - \'� �SAN DIEGO, CA �ju�j��n ��1/�� November 9 2014 L71J/r�L�LI�� dl�f�C��OaC�vOQ C�/L�9c�dC3 LUNG FORCE PRESENTED BY CARFr A�I ��°� AMERICAN LUNG CANCER LUNG ASSOCIATION, F A C T S H E E T izo.00n � � 60,000 � WNG CANCER BURDEN a More people die from lung cancer than prostate,breast and coloredal cancer +o,000 mmbined,making it the leading cancer wller in America°� o In 1987,lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cancer killer among American women.�'� 0 Other Lung Cancers Can<er I70 INCIDENCE � ia o Since surveillance began in 1975,the lung cancer � incidence rate has decreased by a quarter arnong g° w men but doubled zmong women.a� _ M,,e _ Fe��e e h peaked for men in 1984,but not until I 998 for bo women.This refleds the historical smoking trend by " a gender,v�rh men having higher smoking rates than women znd reaching a peak at an earlier date.�� 40 o Lung cancer incidence and mortallty is highest z0 among blacks compared to other racial and �9�: 1985 ��s zoos ethnic groups.a� �M=�Ea�=a��_�am�. CAUSES TYPES Currenc Former Never Smokers smokers Smokers a There are two main types of lung cancer,small cell and non- +�._.- small cell (NSCLC),with the latter being furher broken down ��' � � by the type of cell in which the cancer develops zdenocar- ��,. cinoma,squamous cell carcinoma,large cell czrcinoma znd ' ' ' ' ' several other less common types.�'� ox sox ioax o SGuamous ceil carcinoma used io be most strongly�ssociated with smowng.However,the propor[ion of lung cancers dassi- fied as adenocarcinoma has increased since the 1960s,as has ■ Smoking is the lezding cause of lung cancer, the risk of this type among smokers.This increa<ed risk is likely accounting for dose to 90'�of all lung cancer due changes in cigarette design and composition.�'� deaths.�'� o Radon exposure is the second leading cause,znd '. ---- _ the first among people who have never smoked.�`� uBe cen 3% ! u Other causes indude secondhand smoke, ' - �.,; occupational exposure,air pollution,a�bestos and h 1 � c°>t> '�=.«' genetic predisposition. ' s `�r_��5:;� ��_� :.od��_..- ;,,:NSC"ei e R is not always possible to identify a cause for lung a"'X cancer.