We help FQHCS, health plans, and employers save their patients’ lives
We offer a simple way to ensure all members are screened for lung cancer year after year, reducing the high mortality rates and the cost of care.
FACT : ANYONE CAN GET LUNG CANCER
1 in 17 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. More than 236,000 will be diagnosed this year; this is equal to the population of Richmond, VA.
60%-65%
of all new lung cancer diagnoses are among people who have never smoked or are former smokers
10%-15%
of lung cancer cases are in never-smokers
Every 2.2 minutes
someone is diagnosed with lung cancer
361 Americans
will die of lung cancer today, close to the maximum who can fit on an Airbus A340-500.
Lung cancer can affect anyone regardless of gender or ethnicity
FACT : LUNG CANCER IS RARELY DETECTED EARLY ON
13.9M
underserved Americans miss their no-cost lung screening
<5%
of eligible people are screened every year
Lung cancer takes more lives annually in the U.S. than the next three deadliest cancers combined
Lung cancer kills 2.0 times as many men as prostate cancer
Lung cancer kills 1.4 times as many women as breast cancer
Lung cancer accounts for
12%
of all new cancer diagnoses, but
21%
of cancer deaths
Prevention matters
#Earlydetection
Although lung cancer screening is not reportable as a HEDIS metric today, the literature supports it’s coming soon.
FACT : LUNG CANCER RESEARCH NEEDS INVESTMENT THAT MATCHES THE IMPACT OF THE DISEASE
Annual number of cancer deaths
versus the amount of federal funding: Dollars spent $ per life lost
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, yet
only 6% of federal research dollars
spent on cancer research are allocated to lung cancer
FACT : 14.5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ELIGBLE FOR A NO-COST LUNG CANCER SCREENING
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