The Odds of Dying of Lung Cancer for Non Smokers
October 24, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Cancer Lung
Because lung cancer is so common, even the small fraction of lung cancer that occurs in lifelong nonsmokers represents a large number of people. For example, about 20,000 of this year’s US lung cancer deaths will be in never-smokers.
Clinical studies have shown that lung tumors in never-smokers have a different molecular profile and better response [...]