Lung Cancer — Time to Move on from Chemotherapy

In 2001 lung cancer caused more than 1 million deaths worldwide. Despite the well-recognized link between tobacco use and the development of lung cancer, the number of new cases continues to rise, especially among women. In girls and women 15 to 64 years of age, lung cancer is now the leading cause of death from cancer, and this disease remains the most common cause of death from cancer in men.1 During the past 20 years, numerous efforts have been made to reduce the death rate among patients with lung cancer. Treatment involves surgery, radiation therapy, combination chemotherapy, or a combined . . .