The latest report by the American Lung Association also found marked state-by-state and racial differences related to diagnosis and treatment.
The national survival rate for lung cancer has increased by 26% in the past 5 years, to 28.4% of all cases, according to a
Just 27.4% of lung cancer cases in the United States are caught at an early stage, before cancer can be detected in the lymph nodes and when survival rates are markedly higher. State by state, the findings varied widely. Massachusetts saw the highest 5-year survival at 37.9%, and Oklahoma the lowest, at 22.2%. Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky all saw survival rates lower than 24.6%, as did New Mexico and West Virginia. Whereas in Massachusetts, over one third of cases are caught early, the report found, early diagnoses comprised fewer than 23.5% of cases in Oklahoma. Hawaii did worst of all, with 21.1% of cases caught early.
Preventive screening was also all over the map, with 28.6% of eligible people screened in Rhode Island vs just 8.6% in Wyoming.
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