Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MDMedically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD The reason why lung cancer is increasing in non-smokers and never-smokers isn't entirely clear. Research suggests that some ...

Around 20% of women with lung cancer have never smoked. Mallika Wiriyathitipirn/EyeEm via Getty Images When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking ...

Lung cancers are commonly known to affect smokers and other forms of tobacco users. According to the latest research, lung cancers are on the rise among non-smokers as well. On Monday, doctors said ...

(NEXSTAR) – Last month, actress and comedian Kate Micucci revealed that she had been diagnosed and treated for lung cancer despite “never” having smoked a cigarette in her life. “It was a surprise, ...

MADRID — Smokers with extreme phenotypes of high and low risk of developing tobacco-associated lung cancer have different genetic profiles, according to a multidisciplinary study conducted by ...

When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking. But the face of lung cancer has changed. Over the past 15 years, more women, never smokers, and ...

Katie Hulan’s family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try, but they ...

"We found that older smokers for whom lung cancer screening is not recommended had a 10 times higher risk of lung cancer than never smokers."—Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, ...

A new AI tool called "Sybil" has proven strongly accurate at predicting whether a non-smoking patient will develop lung cancer based on the analysis of a single low-dose chest CT scan, according to a ...

Cigarette smoking is by far the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, data shows — but in a surprising turn of events, the most common form of the disease is primarily found in non-smokers. Researchers ...

Lung cancer appears to mutate more in patients living in areas with higher levels of fine-particulate air pollution, such as that released by vehicles and air pollution. This is the conclusion of a ...