The facts are depressing. Lung cancer kills more people than prostate, breast and colon cancer combined. Only 15 percent of those diagnosed with lung cancer are alive in five years. Now, a study by the National Cancer Institute shows that CT scans can decrease the number of these deaths from this deadly disease. But what is the medical and economic cost?
Every year 24,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in Canada and 157,000 people will die from this disease in the U.S.
