Together...Reducing the burden of CANCER in Wisconsinwicancer.org
Data Sources: American Cancer Society. “Wisconsin Cancer Facts & Figures, 2013-2014”; http://wicancer.org/documents/WIFactsFigures2013_FINAL_000.pdf; National Cancer Institute. “SEER Cancer Statistics Review, Table 15.12.” (1975-2010); http://seer.cancer.gov/archive/csr/1975_2010/results_merged/sect_15_lung_bronchus.pdf; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General.” (2014); http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/full-report.pdf
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
Cancer Council
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WE can decrease lung cancer in Wisconsin.
Preventlifetimetobaccoaddiction
Promoterecommended
lung cancer screening
Reduceexposure to
radon
Eliminate secondhand
smokeexposure
lung cancerthan from prostate,
breast, and colorectal cancers
combined.
TOBACCOSMOKE
causesalmost
every day will find out they
have lung cancer.
11 PEOPLE
90% of lungcancer deaths.
MORE people in WISCONSIN
die from
LungCancerdeaths2,907
BreastCancer
deaths 745
ProstateCancer
deaths 610
ColorectalCancer
deaths 955
ONLY 1 out of 6lung cancer patients
are living 5 years after diagnosis.
Lung Cancer: Wisconsin’s Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths