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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Urgent call for action on lung cancer in people who have never smoked

Lung cancer in patients who have never smoked is on the rise but is often diagnosed later, leading to poorer outcomes for patients, scientists have warned.

Smoking is the leading cause of premature and preventable death globally and is responsible for more than a quarter of all cancer deaths in the UK, according to Cancer Research UK.

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