Lung Cancer, 'Silent Killer', Still Curable If Detected EarlyLung cancer is often called "the silent killer," because it can go unnoticed until reaching advanced stages when death is inevitable.
According to National Cancer Institute, 65.8 percent of lung cancer cases were diagnosed at a late stage, surpassing other common cancers like colon cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.
(Data Source: National Cancer Institute)
"Other cancers give you signs and symptoms," Raja M. Flores, MD, thoracic surgeon, and Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital., told The Epoch Times.
Lung cancer is different.
According to the American Lung Association (ALA), lung cancer is now the leading killer for both men and women in the U.S., and in 1987, it surpassed breast cancer to become the leading cause of cancer deaths in women....
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