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COUPONS March 29, 2006 Female nonsmoker: What are your risks for lung cancer?

By Dr.

Shalini Mulaparthi For the Times Herald-Record The recent death of Dana Reeve from lung cancer at age 44 put a spotlight on a devastating disease whose causes and prevention are frequently misunderstood.

In fact, it's the very attention being given to the disease that is creating much of the confusion: Whenever circumstances increase the amount of public dialogue surrounding a serious disease, it can become difficult to distinguish between the useful and misguided - or outright false - information.Lung cancer is, by far, the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States among both men and women.

Smoking is the primary cause, responsible for between 80 percent and 90 percent of diagnoses.

If you don't smoke, you significantly lessen your likelihood of a lung cancer diagnosis.

This indicates, of course, that betwe...

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