As work stress mounts and deadlines pile up, nearly 20 per cent of corporate women are now resorting to smoking as a coping mechanism. This alarming trend can increase their chances of developing lung ...

Lung cancer stigma stems from its association with smoking, affecting patients' emotional well-being and support systems.

Lung cancer cases are increasing in people who have never smoked, especially in women, a new study by the World Health Organization's cancer agency has found. The findings, published in The Lancet ...

For the last five years, Vicky Ni has been battling lung cancer — a diagnosis that came out of the blue in 2019 after she went to a doctor for pain in her shoulder. "He was taking X-rays of my neck, ...

Aug. 6, 2005 — -- In her West Bloomfield, Mich., home, Lisa Roffman wiped away tears as she read from a journal she keeps for her 9-year-old daughter, Leah. "You are a special gift to the world," ...

The Female Asian Nonsmoker Screening Study (FANSS) showed a 1.3% lung cancer detection rate among 1000 Asian women with no smoking history. The findings of FANSS, the largest lung cancer screening ...

Credit: Getty Images Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation. Despite decades of advances in ...

Lung cancer symptoms may appear differently in women than in men. Lung cancer tends to be diagnosed at a later stage in females, when the disease has already advanced. This means women may be more ...

CLEVELAND — The traditional profile of a lung cancer patient—an older male smoker—no longer reflects the reality of who is being diagnosed with the disease today. Nearly 20% of new lung cancer ...

Seventy percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander women diagnosed with lung cancer were non- or never-smokers, highlighting a need to rethink lung cancer screening to reduce disparities. Seventy ...

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