Now doctors face new cancer crisis - mystery rise of lung tumors in young people who've NEVER smoked READ MORE: New lung cancer pill hailed as 'off the charts' success By Emily Joshu Health Reporter In Chicago For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:30 EDT, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 17:29 EDT, 4 June 2024 e-mail 6 View comments As scientists work to unravel the mysterious rise in early-onset colon cancers, a new worrying trend has emerged. Lung cancer rates, which have been dropping for decades as the world weans off tobacco, are now rising in young, otherwise healthy people who've never smoked.
One in 10 lung cancer diagnoses in the US are patients under 55, but the rate of early cases has been increasing for the past two decades. And the share of these young patients who have never smoked cigarettes is also growing. Researchers believe that the way new homes are built may be exposing residents to a poisonous gas.
They also say vaping and cannabis could be factors. Matt Hiznay, who shared his story at ASCO, was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer in 2011. He was just 24 years old Researchers presenting at ASCO in Chicago said that lung cancer is rising in young Americans due to chemical exposure, vaping, and genetic mutations rather than solely from smoking Lung cancer is the deadliest form of the disease, making up one in five US cancer deaths.
Along with over 230,000 diagnoses, 125,000 Americans are expected to die of it this year. Though most patients are over 70, Dr Laura Mezquit.
