It can be surprising to learn that lung cancer can develop in people who have never smoked. In fact, up to 20% of lung ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dame Esther Rantzen, who is a non-smoker, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023. (Getty Images) (Max Mumby/Indigo via ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for the highest mortality rates among both men and women". A serious ...

As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If ...

Radon, an odorless radioactive gas that seeps from soil into homes, is responsible for an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That figure, drawn from federal risk ...

LIMA — Pulmonologist Dr. Katie Capp warns her patients that cigarette smoke is the leading cause of preventable death ...

After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally levelling off among women in European Union (EU) countries apart from Spain, according to predictions of mortality rates ...

Lung cancer cells are able to take advantage of a person’s immune system, specifically T cells, to protect the tumor, according to new research recently published in Cancer Immunology Research.

“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...

Shira Kupperman Boehler is a runner with no symptoms and she doesn't smoke. Like an increasing number of women, she was shocked to learn she had lung cancer.

This fact sheet explains how lung cancer is staged, and what each stage means. Lung cancer staging can be complex, but this fact sheet is intended for patient education. Our easy-to-read fact sheets ...