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NAVIGATING LUNG CANCER
Key Facts About Lung Cancer
Lung cancer usually
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causes no symptoms
Lung cancer until it becomes
is the leading advanced. Screening
cancer killer of CT scans now are
both men and available in the hope
women in the US of diagnosing early
stage disease in
patients at risk for
lung cancer.
Early diagnosis and treatment with surgery
and/or new techniques of chemotherapy
CURE
and radiation therapy may
Lung cancer starts in
the lung, but can spread
to the lymph nodes and
other parts of the body.
many patients with lung cancer
50%
The lung cancer survival rate is more than
when diagnosed at an early stage.
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