(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2011-05) Koegelenberg, Coenraad F. N.; Aubeelack, Kushroo; Nanguzgambo, Aldoph B.; Irusen, Elvis M.; Mowlana, Abdurasiet; Von Groote-Bidlingmaier, Florian; Bolliger, Chris T.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related
mortality worldwide for men and women, causing approximately 1.2
million deaths per year. The absolute and relative frequencies of lung
cancer have risen dramatically and in South Africa account for 17%
of all cancer deaths. We found that adenocarcinoma is now the most
common histological subtype of primary lung cancer diagnosed in
the Western Cape and that almost 90% of all patients with non-small
cell lung cancer have advanced local or metastatic disease at the time
of diagnosis.