Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Lung Cancer Can Look Like Anyone
Gini Harrison is a mom, a psychologist, and a professor in the United Kingdom. Harrison never smoked in her life and is living with stage 4 EGFR-positive lung cancer. Photo by Gini Harrison Up to 1 in 5 lung cancer cases in the United States occur in people who’ve never smoked, but our picture of the disease hasn’t caught up. Healthline Editor-in-Chief Robin Hough talks with Gini Harrison, a…
Gini Harrison is a psychologist, a mother, and a professor in the United Kingdom. She has never smoked in her life and is currently battling stage 4 EGFR-positive lung cancer. Despite the common misconception that lung cancer only affects smokers, up to 1 in 5 cases in the United States occur in never-smokers. Gini's story is a stark reminder that lung cancer can affect anyone, regardless of age or smoking history.
Her diagnosis took nearly nine months, during which she received various misdiagnoses, including one blaming her shoulder pain on breastfeeding. Her journey highlights the urgent need to raise awareness about lung cancer in never-smokers and the importance of early detection.
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