Lung Cancer in South Carolina...

  • will be diagnosed in approximately 3,900 SC citizens in 2011.
  • will tragically take the lives of approximately 2,910 South Carolinians in 2011, as well.
  • is grossly underfunded, unidentified, and stigmatized.
  • is ravaging and must be cured.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

ABC of San Francisco reports: Survivor urges early lung cancer screening

November 12, 2008
By Cheryl Jennings
REDWOOD CITY, CA (KGO) -- You may be surprised to know that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. People do not like to talk about it because there is a stigma associated with smoking, but lung cancer is also striking down more non-smokers. We talked to a lung cancer survivor whose family is using every tool available to save lives.


http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=6502358

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