Sunday, October 30, 2022

Should a lung cancer screening program proposed this month include non-smokers too?

 When Danielle Curnoe tells people she has lung cancer, she is frequently asked if she was a smoker. 

"Really, really pisses me off when people ask that question," Ms Curnoe said. 

Ms Curnoe has stage-four lung cancer, and has never smoked in her life.

But people assume she brought it on herself, she said.

"If I tell people, I tend to say I've got stage-four cancer, I don't say lung cancer," Ms Curnoe said.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-30/lung-cancer-screening-program-stigma-non-smoker/101576216




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