Lung cancer increasing in non-smokers

12% of patients with lung cancers are never smokers and almost a third of patients with lung cancer no longer smoke. The proportion of never-smokers with lung cancer are increasing. In addition, half of women with lung cancer patients never smoked and women never smokers are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as men. More studies are needed to determine the etiology of the differences. Vigilance is needed

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