Pioneers in the fight against 'The Big One': Proton therapy for lung cancer

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S., causing more deaths than the next three most common cancers - colon, breast and prostate - combined. Worldwide, lung cancer accounts for 1.3 million deaths annually. An estimated $10.3 billion per year is spent in the U.S. on lung cancer treatment alone, yet those diagnosed with the disease have just a 15 percent survival rate.