Diet may help protect nonsmokers (even smokers) against lung cancer.

From: Environmental Nutrition | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Lung cancer is becoming more pervasive, striking celebrities like Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve and likely one of your own friends or relatives--some of whom may have never smoked. Unlike breast and prostate cancers, which strike more people, lung cancer is particularly lethal; it's the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. In fact, although it accounts for only 13% of cancer diagnoses, lung cancer is responsible for almost a third of all cancer deaths, due mainly to late detection and ineffective therapies.

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