She received a shock diagnosis of lung cancer, which she now knows is incurable. Elaine has never smoked a single cigarette.
All my life, I've been told that smoking leads to lung cancer. I never smoked, but I still got lung cancer. After completing treatment for lung cancer and being told that I was in remission in 2020, I ...
Lung cancer – which is often associated with smoking – can in fact pose a significant health hazard even to those who have never touched a cigarette in their life. While smoking remains the ...
During the last two years, a lot has been written—and said—about the dangers of cigarette smoking, especially as a possible cause of the alarming increase in cancer of the lung. But there is ...
Chemicals called carcinogens in cigarettes affect cellular DNA and can lead to the development of cancer. Quitting smoking can lower the risk of lung cancer, even if a person has already smoked ...
Despite smoking being a significant health risk leading to lung cancer, the disease remains a considerable concern for those who have never smoked. While cigarettes remain a dominant contributor ...
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why. Five years ago, Vicky Ni got a call from her doctor.
Imagine reading this warning on a cigarette package: Smokers with a particular mutation have a dramatically higher risk of developing lung cancer. Would you get tested for this mutation?
Alecensa was shown to reduce the risk of disease recurrence or death by 76% versus chemotherapy for patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Researchers have initiated a phase 2 trial ...
In September 2021, Elaine Lynch was enjoying the life of a typical busy mum-of-two. When she wasn’t working as a business manager at a local school – a job she adored – she was a keen baker ...