So What Else Causes Lung Cancer?
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An estimated 12 percent of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. are attributable to radon gas, a chemically inert gas that is a natural decay product of uranium.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
New lung cancer vaccine from Cuba
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Cuba has a new promising lung cancer vaccine called CimaVax that may soon be coming to the United States. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States. It kills more people than colon, prostate, and breast cancer combined. Lung cancer is very difficult to identify early and very difficult to treat being that it is most often discovered in an advanced stage. More than 50 percent of patients die within a year of being diagnosed.
Read MoreU.S. About to Get Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine
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The U.S. is on the verge of receiving an important vaccine for lung cancer from, of all places, Cuba. The close American ties with one of the world's major cigar exporters could actually be good news in the fight against lung cancer.
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