Lung cancer to become major cause of mortality soon

Got this article from new friend/ally, Jennifer Windrum. Highlights below. Perhaps if it becomes the leading cause of mortality it will finally get the attention its deserved for decades.

"Lung cancer will soon become the leading cause of mortality all over the world, Dr Adnan Ali Zaidi, a well-known oncologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) said on Saturday. He was addressing a seminar on lung cancer organized by the Seminar Committee at the University of Karachi (KU) Faculty of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Roche Pakistan Ltd...

Dr Zaidi said that 70 percent of lung cancer patients die within a year..."