Health & Fitness
Lung Cancer Mystery: Why Are Healthy, Non-Smoking, Asian Women Contracting The Disease?
"I was there by myself and, you know, the word "cancer" comes out of the doctor's mouth, so that's kind of not good," said Ni.
May 17, 2024
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why.
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Five years ago, Vicky Ni got a call from her doctor. She had just gone in for an X-ray for what she thought was a pinched nerve. The next thing she knew, she was sitting in an oncologist's office.
"I was there by myself and, you know, the word "cancer" comes out of the doctor's mouth, so that's kind of not good," said Ni.
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