Women are twice as likely as men to develop lung cancer among nonsmokers.
Sources
- Anyone With Lungs Can Get Lung Cancer (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/for-patients/lung-cancer-facts/women-and-lc/ (lungcancerresearchfoundation.org)
- https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/cancer-keys/women-never-smokers-are-more-likely-to-develop-lung-cancer/ (gatewayc.org.uk)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169500225007287 (sciencedirect.com)
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2018/09/why-are-more-nonsmoking-women-getting-lung-cancer (hopkinsmedicine.org)
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