Do You Know the Truth?
Myth: Lung cancer can't be detected until it is too late - a lung cancer diagnosis has to be a death sentence.
Fact: There are new methods of early detection which can detect lung cancer while it is still in Stage 1, greatly increasing cure and survival rates. Ask your doctor about diagnostic options such as s spiral CT scan. And there are many new treatments to help those who are diagnosed at a later stage.
Myth: The biggest cancer killers in New York are breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Fact: Lung cancer kills more New Yorkers each year than any other cancer. Last year 3 times as many New Yorkers died from lung cancer as died from breast cancer and about 4.5 times as many died form lung cancer as died from prostate cancer.
Myth: Only people who currently are smoking are at risk for lung cancer. If you've never smoked or you've quit, you won't get the disease.
Fact: 50% of people newly diagnosed with lung cancer are former smokers and 14% have never smoked.
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