Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Is Sixth Biggest Cancer Killer

Debi wrote an interesting post today on

Here’s a quick excerpt
While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked is — by itself — the sixth biggest cancer killer in the United States.
“Most people are not aware that lung cancer among non-smokers has such an enormous impact,” said Lung Cancer Alliance President Laurie Fenton-Ambrose today. The heavy burden of lung cancer in non-smokers contradicts the common belief that lung cancer is a disease that strikes only smokers.

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