Allegheny General helps prevent, detect and treat lung cancer

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: December 6, 1997 | Copyright information

Allegheny General helps prevent, detect and treat lung cancer

More than 170,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.

For African-Americans, lung cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society.

To combat this disease, Allegheny General Hospital offers a Lung Cancer Program focusing on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. Allegheny General's program is different from most lung cancer programs in that it combines the clinical treatment of lung cancer with an active research program providing ...

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