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10 To 15 Percent Of Patients Are Non-SmokersPOSTED: 8:12 pm EST March 7, 2006UPDATED: 8:47 pm EST March 7, 2006Even though smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, 10 to 15 percent of lung cancer patients are non-smokers.

So what is the cause in those cases?

This year alone, an estimated 25,000 Americans who never picked up a cigarette are going to be diagnosed with lung cancer.

And the majority of those patients will be women.

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Robert Keenan of Allegheny General Hospital said, ”For women, lung cancer is on the increase.

They seem to make up the greater proportion of people who never smoked.”Keenan also said genetics, along with environmental factors, may play a big role in non-smokers' lung cancers.

“It may be hormonal or related to the fact on size, women's lungs are a bit smaller than men's.

It may be that the environmental issues, second-hand smoke concentrates the toxics in a woman's lung compared to men's lungs,” said Keenan.Keenan said there is now research...

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InvestigatorsNewsWeatherHealthWatchConsumerAlertMoneyEntertainmentSportsCommunityNBC10 Local ExpertsOlympicsEducationClinical ResearchCareerTechnologyFamilyShoppingTravelWeddingsFoodYellow Pages <She announced she had lung cancer in August of 2005.Reeve looked healthy when she sang at a tribute to New York Rangers star Mark Messier in Madison Square Garden in January."Unfortunately, the majority of people who present with lung cancer already have disease that has spread to other sites other than the lung, so this situation, unfortunately, when she announced it, even though she may have just been diagnosed, had already spread.

Which is a very common scenario," said Dr.

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