“The decrease in incidents of death from cancer is largely attributable to new medicines or therapeutics. Perhaps a third is attributable to changing our environment, and that includes of course smoking which I believe accounted for probably 20 percent of deaths from, certainly from lung cancer, more than that from lung cancer, but from cancer overall.” BelieveCoursesI BelieveEnvironmentPercentThirdsMedicineCancerSmokingLungsIncidentsOur EnvironmentDecreaseLung Cancer Author:Laurie Glimcher
“The four most common cancers that account for about 80 percent of all cancer deaths are lung, breast, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer.” CommonFourPercentAccountsCancerBreastsLungsProstateProstate CancerCancer Death Author:Laurie Glimcher
“When we think about lung cancer, the biggest environmental factor is without doubt smoking. Um, that would make a huge impact and has made a huge impact on the incidence of lung cancer. We have to keep pushing that and making it clear to everybody why smoking is so dangerous.” ThinkingMadeClearDoubtDangerousHugeImpactEnvironmentalCancerFactorsSmokingPushingLungsIncidenceLung CancerEnvironmental Factors Author:Laurie Glimcher
