Lung Cancer Myths & Facts
There's a lot you may have heard about lung cancer, but what is the truth? Stanford debunks common myths about lung cancer here.
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Surgery Statistics
According to the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics, 48 million surgical inpatient procedures were performed in the United States in 2009.
Other surgical statistics for inpatient procedures include:
- Nervous system surgeries: 1.2 million
- Eye surgeries: 69,000
- Ear surgeries: 24,000
- Nose, mouth, and pharynx surgeries: 289,000
- Respiratory system surgeries: 1.3 million
- Cardiovascular system surgeries: 7.3 million
- Digestive system surgeries: 6.1 million
- Urinary system surgeries: 1.1 million
- Musculoskeletal system surgeries: 5.2 million
- Integumentary (skin) system surgeries: 1.4 million
The information presented on this page was gathered from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More surgical data can be found here.
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Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.
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