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Kaity Tong, WPIX New York Anchor, Shares Cancer Diagnosis

Kaity Tong.

Kaity Tong, anchor at WPIX New York, revealed over the weekend her battle with lung cancer. She shared that she’s never been a smoker, but the lung cancer diagnosis is more common for Asian women who do not smoke. 

“If this profile fits you, I urge you to talk to your doctor and determine if you should be tested, even if you have no symptoms,” she wrote on social media. “It was through a routine chest X-ray after a particularly bad cold that my cancer was detected.” 

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