• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Introduction
• Highlights
• Causes
• Symptoms
• Risk Factors
• Lifestyle Changes
• Diagnostic Tests

Introduction

Although lung cancer accounts for only 15% of all newly-diagnosed cancers in the United States, it is the leading cause of cancer death in U.S. men and women. It is more deadly than colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. About 160,000 patients die from lung cancer each year. Death rates have been declining in men over the past decade, and they have about stabilized in women.

The Lungs

The lungs are two spongy organs surrounded by a thin moist membrane called the pleura. Each...