Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States.
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- Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/lungb.html (seer.cancer.gov)
- https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/lung-cancer-trends-brief/lung-cancer-mortality-(1) (lung.org)
- https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/lung-cancer-remains-the-leading-cause-of-cancer-deaths-in-the-u-s- (managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
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