Our Mission
Our mission is to create lung cancer survivors and to lower the impact of lung cancer through prevention, early detection, and optimal therapy.
By the Numbers
Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women but the most common cause of cancer death, leading to more deaths in 2020 than breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers combined.
238,340
Estimated New Cases for 2023
127,070
Estimated Deaths for 2023
56.3%
Incidence Rate (2015-2019)
35.0%
Mortality Rate (2016-2020)
Resource Center
We have a wealth of resources created by our incredible task groups as well as other organizations working to end lung cancer death.
Registration Open: ACS NLCRT 8th Annual Meeting
December 9-10, 2024
The 8th ACS NLCRT Annual Meeting will be held December 9-10, 2024 in Atlanta, GA. Registration is now open.
Events & Webinars
Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan Article Series will be published in Cancer as 15 separate open-access articles focused on the work of the ACS NLCRT Task Groups. First five available now.
Webinars
Missed any of our webinars? Find recordings and slides in our ACS NLCRT webinar archive.
National Lung Cancer Screening Day
The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable, GO2 for Lung Cancer, Radiology Health Equity Coalition, and American College of Radiology to open the second Saturday in November.
Task Groups
Our 10 task groups span the lung cancer care and control continuum.
Initiatives focus on provider engagement and outreach, tobacco treatment in the context of lung cancer screening, health equity, shared decision-making about screening, implementation of screening programs, access to high quality screening, policy action, survivorship, triage for appropriate diagnostic evaluation and therapy, and an end to the stigma and nihilism associated with a diagnosis of lung cancer, which pervades every aspect of this disease.
Other ACS Led Roundtables
The American Cancer Society serves as the backbone to six mission-critical national roundtables. Click on the logos below to explore more about each roundtable.
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