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  "id": 8076348,
  "title": "This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/this-rare-gene-drastically-raises-lung-cancer-risk-in-people-who",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:30:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/lung-cancer-gene-mutation-risk.html"
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  "summary": "The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Rare inherited EGFR mutation linked to dramatically increased lung cancer risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/rare-inherited-egfr-mutation-linked-to-dramatically-increased-lung",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:00:29.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}