We think of lung cancer as being a guys' disease. However, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. I'll say that again, the leading cause of cancer deaths in women, killing more women each year than breast cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer combined.
It's also the leading cancer that's most preventable, mostly preventable, because while smoking is the number one cause, 20% of women who develop lung cancer have never touched a cigarette. Recently, a large study in the incidence of lung cancer in the U.S. revealed that the incidence of lung cancer is higher in young women than young men.
