The American Lung Association has released its annual 'State of Lung Cancer' report.
The lung cancer survival rate has improved 26% in the last five years, according to the American Lung Association’s annualBut a lot of work remains to get eligible people screened for lung cancer and expand affordable access to the targeted treatments that can be accomplished with biomarker testing.
“The most common cause of death from cancer is from lung cancer,” said Dr. Jamie Garfield, a national spokesperson for the American Lung Association. “Far more than breast, prostate, colorectal, all of those combined.”, far lower than screening rates for colorectal or breast cancer. Many insurance companies weren’t routinely paying for lung cancer screenings, but that’s changed, Garfield said.That’s part of the mission of the American Lung Association’s annual report.Only about 27% of cases are diagnosed at an early stage when the five-year survival rate is much higher .There are genetic causes for lung cancer, but Garfield said tobacco and tobacco-related products account for the vast majority of cases.
“We had to divorce the shame of tobacco product use from the diagnosis of lung cancer, and I think that's work that still needs to be done,” Garfield said.Surgery is an option when the cancer is isolated to one part of the lung.
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