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Lung cancer rates have decreased for the Marlboro Man, but have risen steeply for nonsmokers and young women – an oncologist explains why

  • Written by Estelamari Rodriguez, Associate Director of Community Outreach in Thoracic Oncology, University of Miami
Lung cancer rates have decreased for the Marlboro Man, but have risen steeply for nonsmokers and young women – an oncologist explains whyAround 20% of women with lung cancer have never smoked.Mallika Wiriyathitipirn/EyeEm via Getty Images

When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking. But the face of lung cancer has changed. Over the past 15 years, more women, never smokers and younger people are being diagnosed with lung cancer.

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