Lung Cancer Screening Using Helical CT vs. Chest X-ray Reduces Deaths among Current and Former Heavy Smokers

People with a history of smoking have a high risk of lung cancer – a disease with a five-year relative survival rate (for smokers and non-smokers combined) of only 15.8 percent.  Previous attempts at developing a test to find lung cancer early, when it is easier to treat, have not been able to demonstrate a

The Financial Burden of Cancer

Cancer care cost the American public $104.1 billion in 2006 – the most recent year for which statistics are available – according to NCI’s newly released Cancer Trends Progress Report-2009/2010 Update.  The financial burden of cancer looms even larger, however, when you consider other costs, such as losses in time and economic productivity.  In 2005, for