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More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. In the United States in 2008,* 208,493 people were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 158,592 people died from it.† CDC has a number of programs for preventing and controlling lung cancer.

*Latest year for which statistics are available. †Source: USCS.


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