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Facing Stage 4 Cancer At 52, She's Still Working — But Needs Answers On Social Security For Her Family

At just 52 years old, a woman has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. A non-smoker who had worked full-time since age 22, she now faces a terminal illness while trying to support her husband and three children — including one still in middle school. Although she's still working,…

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Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned

Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity.

The Conversation

Air pollution and herbal medicines could be behind lung cancer in non-smokers, study finds

Researchers say never-smokers living in more polluted cities have significantly more mutations linked to malignancy

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Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms

There is much to commend about Australia’s lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1.

The Conversation

Air pollution linked to lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, study finds

Research finds that the higher the levels of air pollution in a region, the more cancer-promoting mutations are present

The Guardian - UK

The US’s asbestos U-turn: why the Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering its ban

Once asbestos enters the lungs, it doesn’t leave. Its sharp, microscopic fibres scar tissues, trigger inflammation and can cause deadly diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer and laryngeal cancer. That’s why over 60 countries have banned it – and why the US mostly phased it out.

The Conversation

Lung cancer screening is about to start. What you need to know if you smoke or have quit

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation’s first new cancer screening program for almost 20 years.

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Senior health figure accuses NHS of racism over care given to dying mother

Victor Adebowale says failure to detect his mother’s cancer was example of ‘black service, not NHS service’

The Guardian - UK

Nine small health issues that might be an early sign of lung cancer

As the NHS offers ‘revolutionary’ blood test, here are some signs you could have lung cancer

The Independent UK

NHS to roll out ‘revolutionary’ blood test for lung cancer

The NHS says the test, known as a liquid biopsy, will benefit about 15,000 people each year

The Independent UK

California Father Battling Lung Cancer Denied Coverage for 'Last Option' Treatment, Family Says

A California man with stage 4 lung cancer was denied insurance coverage for a double lung transplant clinical trial, leaving his family scrambling.

Latin Times

Silent Signs Of Lung Cancer: Depression, Fingertip Changes, And Other Symptoms You Might Miss

While a persistent cough, chest infections, coughing up blood, breathlessness, and chest pain are well-known signs of lung cancer, the body can also send subtle warnings that are easy to miss.

Medical Daily

BioNTech Surges On Summit's Coattails. But Can They Take On Merck?

BioNTech stock rocketed Wednesday after rival Summit Therapeutics unveiled promising results for a novel approach to lung cancer treatment.

Investors Business Daily

Neighbours’ Ian Smith says cancer diagnosis left him in cruel and brutal place

The actor, best known for playing Harold Bishop on the Australian soap opera, revealed last year that he has a rare form of terminal lung cancer.

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Dame Esther Rantzen shares emotional final wish as she faces 'limited' time amid cancer battle

The beloved broadcaster and Childline founder, 84, is battling stage 4 lung cancer and recently revealed her time is now ‘extremely limited’

Evening Standard

Richard E. Grant reveals late wife made list of women he shouldn't date weeks before she died

His wife passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74, eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

Evening Standard

Dame Esther Rantzen's 'amazing' cancer drug no longer working , daughter reveals in heartbreaking update

The 84-year-old broadcaster was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023 and, at one point, was given just weeks to live

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Dem Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at age 77

The former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus shared a lung cancer diagnosis last year

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Woman Shares 5 Warning Signs of Stage 4 Lung Cancer Before Her Tragic Passing

A woman who tragically passed away after being diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 34 has shared the five symptoms she experienced to raise awareness.

Evening Standard

Richard E. Grant still emails late wife Joan Washington every night, four years after her tragic death

The dialect coach passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74 following a lung cancer battle

The Conversation

Why is there an increase in lung cancer among women who have never smoked?

Lung cancer cases are increasing in people who have never smoked, especially in women, a new study by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency has found.

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK

Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers

The Independent UK

Lung cancer in people who have never smoked on the rise - with research pointing to one common cause

New research points to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world

The Guardian - UK

Lung cancer diagnoses on the rise among never-smokers worldwide

Research shows need for further studies into air pollution and other causal factors, expert says

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Study unleashes anatomic lung resection linked to survival for lung cancer

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections. Read further on Dynamite News:

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