Lung+Cancer+by+Jenny,+Karen,+and+Emily

Lung Cancer What is Lung Cancer? One of the world's leading causes of diseases, lung cancer is caused when a tumor forms inside your lungs. Damaged lung tissue can greatly hurt a human's respiratory and circulatory systems. Mainly caused by smoking, more than 23% of all cancer in the United States is caused by lung cancer. 83% of those people are smokers or ex-smokers. The leading cause of death in the US, it is the most common cancer for men and the second most common cancer for women after breast cancer.

Although scientists are currently using surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to treat lung cancer, there is still not a known cure.

Stop smoking today.

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