America’s Deadliest Cancer Has Abysmal Screening Rates - New York Times
If everyone eligible had a lung cancer screening, 62,000 lives would be saved over five years, a new study shows.
May 12, 2026
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study profiled by The New York Times.
Each year, lung cancer kills nearly 125,000 people in the United States — more than breast, colorectal and cervical cancers combined. The paper, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that lung cancer screenings could prevent 62,000 deaths over a five-year period, or four times as many as are being saved today.
The Susan Wojcicki Foundation is working to help expand and update lung cancer screening guidelines to better reflect how risk factors have evolved.
Read the full article, and learn more about our work here.
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