CNN CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera June 4, 2024 18:42:00
. lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the u.s. cnn medical correspondent dr. tara narula is joining us now. lung cancer survival rates a improving. >> absolutely as you mentioned, leading cause of cancer death, 237,000 people will be diagnosed this year with lung cancer, and so what this report showed is that the five-year survival rate is now about 25%. that's up from 21%, which, again, not great to be in the 20s, but it's better than before. and so that was the good news, and probably that's due to improvements in research, in treatments, less smoking, and here's where it ...