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1 OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Report on Women and Lung Cancer What women need to know. What women can do. May 12, 2010

2 Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates – US Females, 1930-2004 Jemal A SR, et al. Cancer Statistics, 2008. CA Cancer J Clin 2008.

3 Top Cancer Killers/Women 2008 Lung 42% (Light & Dark Blue) Current Smokers ~14% Non-Smokers 8% Past Smokers ~20%

4 Source: Haiman CA, Stram DO, Wilkens LR, Pike MC, et al. Ethnic and racial differences in the smoking-related risk of lung Cancer. N England J Med. 2006 Jan 26;354 (4):333-42.

5 5-Year Survival Rate by Cancer Sources: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results

6 Source: NIH Research Portfolio Online reporting Tool; CDC Appropriations DOD Cancer Research Funding; Surveillance, Epidemiology and end Results Program; CDC national Vital Statics Report, Final Data for 2006 Research Spending $ Per Death


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