Épidémiologie du cancer bronchique : données actuelles

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer's deaths in men and the second in women: in France, 28 211 new cases of lung cancer in men occurred in 2012 and 11 284 in women with respectively 21 326 deaths and 8 623 deaths. Twenty percent of all cancer's deaths are related to lung cancer and lung cancer incidence in women is steadily increasing. Lung cancer mortality is expected to exceed that of breast cancer in the coming years, as is currently the case in the United States. The characteristics of lung cancer have changed since 10 years (sex, age, histological subtypes). If tobacco is still the leading cause, other causes such as occupational factors and pollution are now better known. Improving treatment outcomes in certain categories of patients has enabled improved prognosis but overall survival is only modestly prolonged.