‘But I never smoked’: A growing share of lung cancer cases is turning up in an unexpected population
Sharon Begley died of complications of lung cancer on Jan. 16, just five days after completing this article. She was a never-smoker.
Breast cancer wouldn’t have surprised her; being among the 1 in 8 women who develop it over their lifetime isn’t statistically improbable. Neither would have colorectal cancer; knowing the risk, Mandi Pike “definitely” planned to have colonoscopies as she grew older.
