Smoking is still the number one preventable cause of death in the U.S. and lung cancer is far and away the number one cause of cancer death in the U.S.
Shanda H. Blackmon was named director of the Lung Institute at Baylor Medicine.
Lung cancer screening: New guidelines, new challenges
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Professor, general internal medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Director, Smoking Cessation Clinics, Parkland and UT Southwestern
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