Summary report of the Standards, Options and Recommendations for the management of patients with non-small-cell lung carcinoma (2000)

In France, primary lung cancer (all types combined) is the leading cause of cancer mortality in men, and the third in women, after breast and colorectal cancer. In 1995, lung cancer was responsible for 23.5% of cancer deaths in men and 6.4% in women. The incidence of lung cancer is higher in men than in women, and the mortality rate is nine times higher in men than in women. The lung cancer mortality rate is constantly increasing in France, particularly in the north of the country. The increase in incidence between 1975 and 1995 was more marked in women. In France, the 5-year survival rates (11.5% for men and 16% for women) are among the highest in Europe.