Women are challenged by a lung cancer diagnosis on multiple levels, which makes their treatment more complex, but the issues often go unaddressed, experts noted in a review about women and lung cancer (Clin Lung Cancer 2024;25[1]:1-8).
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for women in many countries including the United States, the experts noted in the review. Even if they have no history of smoking, women are exposed to unique risk factors such as indoor pollution and