Lung Cancer.org A study revealed at ASCO shows that lung cancer is greatly under-reported in the news. Read personal accounts of what it's like to fight the deadliest and most neglected cancer. Call the Lung Cancer Awareness Toll-Free Information Line for Lung Cancer support. Ask most people what cancer is the leading killer of women, and they're likely to say breast cancer. They'd be wrong.
Lung cancer kills more women every year than any other cancer.
Lung cancer deaths surpassed breast cancer deaths in 1987. International lung cancer death rates among women vary dramatically, which reflects the historical differences in the adoption of cigarette smoking by women in different countries. In 1990, lung cancer accounted for about 10 percent of all cancer deaths among women worldwide and more than 20 percent of cancer deaths among women in some developed countries. Research shows that women are approximately 1.5 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men. The risk for lung cancer increases with quantity, duration, and intensity of smoking.