It is now treated primarily as an outpatient therapy in this country. It is increased with increasing age. It is due to multiple causes including cerebrovascular disease, injuries, and Alzheimer's. It is a specific diagnosis for which there is a single diagnostic test. None of the above.
Lung cancer is the leading type of cancer deaths in men and women.
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in men and women. Cancer rates have been increasing for most cancers over the past 50 years. Stomach cancer rates have fallen significantly in this country in the past 50 years. Breast cancer rates have not changed significantly in the past 30 years. Lung cancer was a rare disease in the 19th century, but we are in the midst of a lung cancer epidemic that began early in this century.