Lung Cancer In Non-smokers Is Sixth Biggest Cancer Killer

While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked is -- by itself -- the sixth biggest cancer killer in the United States. "Most people are not aware that lung cancer among non-smokers has such an enormous impact," said Lung Cancer Alliance President Laurie Fenton-Ambrose today. The heavy burden of lung cancer in non-smokers contradicts the common belief that lung cancer is a disease that strikes only smokers. Whether non-smokers are being diagnosed with lung cancer at an increasing rate and whether that rate is higher in women than men is under debate. An American Cancer Society (ACS) study released earlier this week added fuel to that debate by claiming t...