Chemoprevention of lung cancer

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most common malignancies and is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the Western World. In the USA, the disease has been the leading cause of cancer deaths in men for years, and since 1988 it has also become the number one cause of cancer death in women. It is estimated that in the year 2005, approximately 172,570 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 163,510 will die of the disease, surpassing the combined death rates from breast, prostate, and colon cancers [1].