© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Preventing the lung cancer epidemic
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
* E-mail: boyle@iarc.fr
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There are approximately 11 million new cases of cancer diagnosed worldwide each year [1
] of which one in eight is a lung cancer. Over one million people die from lung cancer each year. In Europe, in 2004, there were approximately 3 million new cases of cancer and 1.7 million deaths from cancer [2
]. Lung cancer was the commonest incident form of cancer (375 000 new cases) and the commonest cause of death from cancer (340 000 deaths).
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