2. Lung Cancer Understanding the disease Anatomy and Imaging
Staging system Treatment options 3. Lung Cancer Lifetime risk of
beingdiagnosed in men is 1 in 13 (7.77%)and in women 1 in 16
(6.35%) Most lethal cancer Accounts for 14% of cancers in menbut
28% of cancer deaths, inwomen also 14% of cases but 26%of all
cancer deaths 4. Age standardized lung cancermortality rate per
1000 men/year Non Smoker0.17 Former smoker 0.68 Current Smoker2.491
14 cigarettes/day1.3115 242.33> 24 4.17The odds of dying of lung
cancer goes up 24 X if compare heavysmoker to a non smoker BMJ
2004;328:1519 (26 June) 5. Risk of Getting Lung CancerSmoking Men
WomenNon-smoker0.2%0.4%Quit5.5%2.6%Current 15.9% 9.5%Heavy 24.4%
18.5%European study in 2006, defined heavy as > 5 cigarettes per
day 6. Cumulative Risk of Lung Cancer in Men at Age 75 by Smoking
HistoryNon-smoker
