When you think about a typical lung cancer patient, what does that person look like? If, like many people, you immediately imagine an elderly man, you are missing the full picture.
The reality is that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Lung cancer takes more women’s lives each year than breast cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer combined. Many of them are non-smokers, and even never-smokers.
That’s why it’s important to know the facts about lung cancer and its impact on women. Learn the statistics and meet some of the women who have shared their experiences as patients.
May is Women’s Health Month, and LCRF invited Dr. Isabel Preeshagul to present #TogetherSeparately: Women & Lung Cancer on May 19. Watch the livestream below: