Recent years have seen adenocarcinoma of the lung predominating, especially among female patients, for whome it accounts for 70 % of lung cancers and now ranks as a major cause of death.
近年台灣肺癌病患以罹患肺腺癌的比例最高，特別是女性患者中，比例高達七成，肺腺癌已成為婦女的重要死因。