Screening, Treating, & Surviving Lung Cancer From: The Tennessee Tribune | Date: August 25, 2005 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
08-25-2005
Who Gets Lung Cancer, and How to Handle It: Q&A

By Miranda Hitti

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD

Lung cancer has entered the headlines with the recent death of news anchor
Peter Jennings and an announcement by Christopher Reeve's widow, Dana.

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer deaths for U.S. men and women.
Health professionals agree that smoking greatly raises the risk of lung
cancer and that quitting smoking can have major health benefits. But all
smokers don't get lung cancer, and all lung cancer patients aren't smokers.

WebMD spoke ...

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