OUT OF THE SHADOWS:Report on Women and Lung Cancer

What women need to know. What women can do.

May 12, 2010

Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates – US Females, 1930-

2004

Jemal A SR, et al. Cancer Statistics, 2008. CA Cancer J Clin 2008.

Top Cancer Killers/Women 2008

Lung 42%(Light & Dark Blue)

Current Smokers

~14%

Non-Smokers

8%

Past Smokers

~20%

Source: Haiman CA, Stram DO, Wilkens LR, Pike MC, et al. Ethnic and racial differences in the smoking-related risk of lung Cancer. N England J Med. 2006 Jan 26;354 (4):333-42.

Lung Cancer Incidence in Men and Women by Race

158.3121.4

79.2

263.9263.9

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61%

15%

65%

99%

89% 91%

16%

40%

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

Breast Prostate Colon Lung

% Diagnosed atEarly Stage

5-year Survival

5-Year Survival Rate by Cancer

Sources: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results

$23,474

$14,369

$5,216

$1,829

$23,754

$11,959$9,500

$1,414$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

Breast Prostate Colon Lung

2005 2007

Source: NIH Research Portfolio Online reporting Tool; CDC Appropriations DOD Cancer Research Funding; Surveillance, Epidemiology and end Results Program; CDC national Vital Statics Report, Final Data for 2006

Research Spending $ Per Death