The Lung Cancer Society of Long Island is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2001 by lung cancer advocates for the purpose of eradicating this disease by advancing and promoting lung cancer early detection, research, education and prevention and to support those whose lives are touched by lung cancer. These goals are achieved through donations and contributions from private and public sources and the efforts of dedicated volunteers and committed staff. Click here to Join Us or Contribute Now.

More Americans die each year from lung cancer than from breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined. Lung cancer kills more men annually than prostate cancer and more women than breast cancer. According the CDC’s most recent statistics, in 2007, 203,536 people in the United States were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 158,683 Americans died from the disease.

Lung cancer research receives far less funding per death than any other cancer. In 2006, the National Cancer Institute estimated it spent:

$1,630		per lung cancer death an increase of only $697 per death since 2000
$13,452		per breast cancer death an increase of $4,562 per death since 2000
$11,298		per prostate cancer death an increase of $7,631 per death since 2000
$4,566		per colon cancer death an increase of $1,374 per death since 2000

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