News tagged with nonsmoking lung cancer


By age 45, smokers already at significantly higher risk of cancer death

(Medical Xpress)—A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that smoking during your middle-aged years dramatically increases your lifetime risk of not just getting cancer, but dying from it.

Health created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds increase in number of non-smokers being diagnosed with lung cancer

There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to new findings.

Cancer created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nonsmoking lung cancer survivor encourages others to consider risk

Carol Seibert had an upper respiratory infection she just couldn’t seem to shake. The timing of her illness was awful, as she had just returned from a trip to Florida for her youngest son’s surgery and was preparing ...

Cancer created May 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein boosts lung cancer in smokers, non-smokers; Potential anti-oncogenic target

Lung cancer is strongly correlated with smoking, and most lung cancer patients are current or former smokers. But it is not rare in nonsmokers. Now, a team of researchers from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research ...

Cancer created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0