I am a random trivia kind of guy … not that I would call this trivia, I just thought I would share some of the things I have learned.
• Average age for lung cancer diagnosis is 70.
• 1 in 12 men who develop lung cancer have not smoked a single cigarette.
• 1 in 14 men will get diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime.
• 2% of lung cancer patients are younger than 45 (mind you I was 47 at my time of diagnosis).
• An EGFR mutation is present in roughly 15 percent of people with lung cancer in the United States.
• EGFR mutations are more common in women than men.
• EGFR mutations are often found in never smokers or people who smoked only lightly. (A never-smoker is defined as someone who has smoked 100 or fewer cigarettes over their lifetime.) While 15 percent of lung cancers overall express EGFR, lung cancers in non-smokers are much more likely to have this mutation.
• EGFR mutations are more common in young adults with lung cancer. (EGFR mutations are present in roughly 50 percent of lung cancers in young adults.)
• Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common form of lung cancer, and the type of lung cancer most commonly found in women, non-smokers, and young adults.
I thought I would find more statistics to share … I will look for more … but for now, this is what I have.
And as always … F’ Cancer!