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Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer despite never smoking. Lung cancer screening only targets people who did

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.

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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 younger people are being diagnosed with lung cancer. In fact, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women , and more women die from lung cancer than breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer each year.

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