Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple authoritative, independent sources including NIH SEER, American Lung Association, and American Cancer Society data. [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/lungb.html (corroboration)
- https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/lung-cancer-trends-brief/lung-cancer-mortality-(1) (corroboration)
- https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/lung-cancer-remains-the-leading-cause-of-cancer-deaths-in-the-u-s- (corroboration)