There is some good news, however. Federal officials report that lung cancer rates continue to drop nationwide, thanks to continuing anti-smoking efforts.
Oncologists at McLaren Macomb and the Ted B. Wahby Cancer Center have noticed similar results.
The cancer team, based in Mount Clemens, diagnosed and treated 72 cases of Stage IV lung cancer (the most advanced stage) in 2010, but those numbers dropped to 39 cases in 2012 (the year for which complete data is available). The numbers also show that patients with all stages of lung cancer have dropped each year, as well.