Lung Cancer Risk, Dana Reeve Case
The American Cancer Society predicts about 174,470 new cases of lung cancer in the U.S. in 2006 and be the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths for men and women alike. Lung cancer accounts for more than a quarter of all cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society.
Smoking is a leading cause of lung cancer, but not all lung cancer patients are or have ever been smokers.
Just like what happened to Dana Reeve lung cancer, Jay Broks, chief of hematology and oncology at the Ochsner Clinic in Baton Rouge, said, “We don’t completely understand why they develop lung cancer,” when Reeve announced her diagnosis last summer. Brooks also chief of staff at the Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge.
After Reeve’s diagnosis, the American Cancer Society issued a news release with these facts:
Cigarette smoking causes an estimated 80% of women’s lung cancers and 90% of men’s lung cancers.
Environmental risk factors may include secondhand smoke, radon (a radioactive gas), asbestos, and certain chemicals and metals.
Fewer than 3% of lung cancers occur in people younger than 45.
Genes could also play a role.
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