Lung cancer occurs when cancer cells grow uncontrollably in the lungs. The leading risk factor is smoking, but about 10-20% of lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked or have smoked fewer ...

Why do some people get lung cancer even if they’ve never smoked? In this conversation, David Rubenstein speaks with Dr. Benjamin L. Ebert, CEO and President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, about the ...

What Does Resistance to Targeted Therapy Mean? Targeted therapies for cancer are medicines designed to precisely target the protein that’s making your cancer grow. In the case of epidermal growth ...

Lung cancer remains the world’s deadliest cancer, and cigarette smoke is its chief culprit. Chemicals in tobacco, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), damage DNA and trigger the mutations ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If someone is concerned about lung cancer, what symptoms ...

Lung cancer causes abnormal cells to grow in your lungs. You are at higher risk for lung cancer if you are a current smoker or have smoked regularly in the past. But anyone can get lung cancer. In ...

“The biggest [misconception] is that lung cancer only happens to smokers,” Mayya Grinberg tells PEOPLE. “I never smoked” ...

Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 ...