There will be an estimated 169,5100 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed nationally in 2001. During the year some 157,400 will die from the disease. Some 34,400 Texans will die from cancer in 2001. In cancer mortality statistics, Texas ranks 4 th behind California, Florida and New York. The leading cancer among women nationally and in Texas is breast cancer and in men it is prostate cancer.
Lung cancer ranks second for both sexes.
Nearly the same numbers apply for men and prostate cancer. There are an estimated 8 million cancer survivors in the United States. The survival rate increases exponentially if the disease is detected early.