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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Erin Keller

Doctors alarmed by rise in specific type of cancer in young women

Lung cancer is on the rise among young women, including many who have never smoked, according to health experts.

The disease remains the second most common cancer among both men and women in the United States. It has long been associated with older male smokers, Dr. Iona Baiu, a thoracic surgeon at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, told USA Today.

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