r/Health • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 3d ago

article The misconceptions around lung cancer (and why it’s not always smoking-related)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/cancer/common-misconceptions-around-lung-cancer-pope-leo/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_around-lung-cancer-pope-leo/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph 3d ago

While lung cancer is widely presumed to be a smoker’s disease, this overlooks a critical reality: an estimated 15 to 20 per cent of cases worldwide occur in lifelong non-smokers.

Pope Leo's recent diagnosis brings renewed attention to the disease, especially as he is a non-smoker.

So what exactly is adenocarcinoma? Why does lung cancer strike non-smokers? And what other dangerous misconceptions surround one of the world’s deadliest cancers?

Read in full: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/cancer/common-misconceptions-around-lung-cancer-pope-leo/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_around-lung-cancer-pope-leo/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open