Lung cancer research and its citation on clinical practice guidelines

Globally, lung cancer is one of the leading causes of, mostly avoidable, mortality and morbidity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) it accounted for 16.2% of the world total of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to cancer in 2000, and 17.1% in 2015 [1,2]. As the world becomes better off economically, and people live longer, cancer tends to increase and there is increased exposure to risk factors such as tobacco [3]. Lung cancer, which accounted for only 1.18% of all DALYs in 2000, had increased its toll to 1.56% in 2015, or by 32%.
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research