Study: Lung Cancer Rates Double Among Never-Smokers In US, UK

By Dr Deepu

MedPage Today (9/10) reports on research presented at the World Conference On Lung Cancer in Denver, Colorado, which examined a doubling of lung cancer rates among individuals who had never smoked between 2008 and 2014 at three U.S. medical centers. Noting that the cases are of undetermined etiology, Eric Lim, MD of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London said, “research into early detection – ideally, by noninvasive or molecular screening – is urgently required to identify early lung cancer in nonsmokers.” A similar increase in cases was also found at the Royal Brompton Hospital.