2023 08-28 Lung Cancer Awareness Month November 2023

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MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY Or RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA PROCLAMATION LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH NOVEMBER 2023 WHEREAS, lung cancer is die leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States and Mounds View, accounting for more deaths than colon cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer combined; and WHEREAS, according to die Centers for Disease Control, there were 30,505 new lung cancer cases and 9,944 deahhs because of lung cancer between 2015 and 2019 in Minnesota; and WHEREAS, die 5-year survival rate for localized lung cancer is 60%, yet only 24% of lung cancers are diagnosed at dhis stage; and WHEREAS, screening for lung cancer for high -risk individuals using low -dose computed tomography can lead to die earlier detection of lung cancer and save lives, reducing the mortality by 20% when compared to screening by chest x-ray in the National Lung Screening Trial (3) and reducing die risk of death at 10 years by 24% in men and 33% in women as demonstrated by another large randomized trial; and WHEREAS, funding for lung cancer research trails far behind funding for research of many other cancers, and additional research is needed in early diagnosis, screening, and treatment for lung cancer as well as in lung cancer affecting women and lung cancer health disparities; and WHEREAS, lung cancer incidence is decreasing twice as fast in men as it is in women, each year more women die from lung cancer than breast cancer and by 2035, more women will die from lung cancer than men; and WHEREAS, African Americans have the highest lung cancer incidence and mortality of all races, and disparities in lung cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and mortality are well characterized among African Americans and other racial minorities; and WHEREAS, lung cancer in individuals who never smoked is die 7' leading cause of cancer - related death and accounts for 17,000-26,000 deadis in the US every year, 60-70% of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer who never smoked are women, and die proportion of lung cancers diagnosed in people who never smoked is increasing in die US; and WHEREAS, radon is die leading cause of lung cancer among individuals who never smoked quid the second leading cause of lung cancer overall; and