1.0Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine/medicine/pulmonaryMorgan Duerden/medicine/pulmonary/author/duerdenm/Lung Cancer - Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicinerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Rmfm9KShLQ"><a href="/medicine/pulmonary/patient-care/pulmonary-subspecialty-care/lung-cancer/">Lung Cancer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/medicine/pulmonary/patient-care/pulmonary-subspecialty-care/lung-cancer/embed/#?secret=Rmfm9KShLQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Lung Cancer” — Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine" data-secret="Rmfm9KShLQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Introduction Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the world in both men and women. Over 160,000 people die yearly in the United States. Lung cancer is related to cigarette smoking in 80-90% of cases, although genetic and environmental risk factors play a role as well. Although improvements have been made in treatments for … Read more/medicine/pulmonary/wp-content/uploads/sites/1321/2024/07/ChairsCornerLogo-Final-300x300.jpeg