no one deserves lung cancer...no one!

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No One Deserves Lung Cancer : 

No One Deserves Lung Cancer No one Deserves Lung Cancer

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The face of Lung Cancer is not what you think…

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*50% of new cases are former smokers, many who quit decades ago.

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*Another 10 - 15% have never smoked.

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*Lung cancer is the HIGHEST cause of cancer deaths; more deaths than breast, prostate, colon andliver cancers combined.

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*One in every three cancer deaths; three times as many men as prostate cancer twice as many women as breast cancer.

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*Only 16% of all new cases are being diagnosed at an early stage when lung cancer is curable.

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*The overall 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is still only 15%..

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..while the 5-year survival rate for breast cancer is 90%, for prostate cancer 99% and for colon cancer 66%.

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*Lung cancer is the least funded of these cancers.

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Why?

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*No priority or sense of urgency within federal research agencies.

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*Blame the victim mentality similar to AIDs.

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No one deserves Lung Cancer.

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Rest In Peace Carmella B. Fortune March 31st, 1926-February 25th, 2010