The Lung Cancer Society of Long Island



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Nov. 11, 2004
	November named Lung Cancer Awareness Month in New York

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. The American Cancer Society estimated that 164,000 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer and 156,000 die from the disease annually. Lung cancer research receives far less funding than any other cancers. In 2002, the National Cancer Institute estimated it spent:

Click here to compare the myth from the reality of lung cancer.