lung cancer
Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a disease that effects many Americans everyday. Yearly lung cancer will kill an estimated 170,000 Americans and 80% of lung cancer is caused by smoking. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today. Radon gas kills between 15,000 and 20,000 Americans every year and 12 % of lung cancer deaths are linked to radon. Another leading cause of lung cancer is on the job exposure to cancer causing substances such as asbestos, uranium, arsenic, and certain petroleum products. Lung cancer can take many years to grow even though damage to the lungs could occur shortly after a person is exposed to the cancer causing substance.