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 ...

Christy Houvouras exercises daily, eats right and has smoked fewer than 20 cigarettes in her lifetime. That’s why she was shocked when she was diagnosed with lung cancer at just 36 years old in July. ...

Sandra Champkins hadn’t smoked for 10 years and showed no symptoms of lung cancer when an early screening program detected ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eva Epker covers what to know about and how to improve women's health. Historically, lung cancer was known as a men’s disease, due ...

A healthcare provider may use several diagnostic tools, including imaging tests, to check for lung cancer. Lung cancer will not show up in blood work. There are two types of lung cancer: small-cell ...

Research shows more cases of lung cancer are being reported among younger and middle-aged women – reversing historical patterns. And while that is of concern, Dr. Humberto Choi, who specializes in ...

While most women over age 50 schedule mammograms for breast cancer, only a minority who are also eligible for low-dose CT scans for lung cancer undergo those potentially lifesaving screenings. A new ...

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 ...

Lung cancer has been widely perceived as a disease that predominantly affects men. However, recent epidemiological data indicate that it is increasingly being diagnosed in women. In fact, a large ...

STAFFED 24 OVER SEVEN. IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE CERTAIN LUNG RELATED SYMPTOMS THAN MEN. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER PULMONOLOGIST DOCTOR ANTHONY ROWE SAYS SOMETIMES ...

Although the prevalence of lung cancer in men has been decreasing, it has been increasing in women. Without a doubt, lung cancer is a major health problem for women in the USA, not only owing to its ...