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When Lung Cancer Is Diagnosed in a Non-Smoker

(March 21, 2006)  Lung cancer does not just strike smokers and former smokers. Some 20% of lung cancer diagnoses are made for people who never smoked. Dana Reeve - the widow of Christopher Revve - recently died of the disease although she had never smoked.

The New York Times, today, write about the shock of a lung cancer diagnosis for a non-smoker. The article by Jane Brody discusses the many risk factors and different types of lung cancer.

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