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The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers

*June 2025* The number of lung cancer cases in people who have never smoked is increasing. The disease is different from lung cancer caused by smoking, so what causes it? Martha first realised that something was wrong when her cough changed and the mucus in her airways became increasingly viscous.…
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November 21, 2025
Oncology News Central
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Empowered Choices: “The Most Important Conversations” Oncologists Can Have With NSCLC Patients

*July 2025* When it comes to treatment decisions for patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, “the most important conversations are not the data-driven ones, they are the relational ones,” says patient advocate Jill Feldman. In the second episode of the LungCancerRx video podcast, cohosts Fawzi F. Abu Rous, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist…
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November 20, 2025
Cancer Today
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Redefining Cancer Survivorship

*May 2025* As people with advanced disease live longer, they face physical and mental health side effects. Patient advocates say research and care must focus on their unique needs. WHEN JILL FELDMAN’S FATHER was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1980s, he lived just three months after his diagnosis. Fifteen…
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November 19, 2025
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Lung Cancer in Women: Why We Need to #HearHer

*March 2025* This message resonates deeply with women across the world who are courageously speaking out about their lung cancer journeys—their voices amplified by the recently launched #HearHer campaign. Initiated by Narjust Florez, MD, a medical thoracic oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and her research assistant Angela Morabito, #HearHer (also…
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May 20, 2025