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Lung Cancer’s Lesser-Known Risks

A man sits on the bed of a CT scan machine, talking to a doctor.

Lung cancer risk factors go beyond smoking, and include family history and air pollution. Screening guidelines have yet to account for them Jill Feldman, 56, learned at a young age that lung cancer doesn’t only affect people who smoke. Feldman lost her father and two grandparents to the disease before she turned 13. Her mother […]