Lung Cancer; A Disease That Traps Both Smokers And Non-Smokers

Smoking? Not Really

Yes, smoking is the major cause of lung cancer. However, neither every smoker has lung cancer nor lung cancer occurs only in smokers. “In nonsmokers, radon exposure is thought to be a major preventable cause of lung cancer,” stated Mara Antonoff, MD, a thoracic surgeon and assistant professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.