Kentucky native and passionate advocate speaks about her RET positive lung cancer diagnosis and how it came as such a shock to her as a 38-year-old never smoker. She wants others to understand that lung cancer can happen to anyone, regardless of smoking history. What she didn’t know and why she feels it’s important that others do know, when it comes to a lung cancer diagnosis.
“Lung cancer was one thing I thought I could prevent” -Listen to Brittany’s story of her diagnosis as a never smoker #lungcancer patient. 20% of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer patients (#NSCLC) are never smokers. It can happen to #AnyoneWithLungs. @breathofhopeky #LCAM pic.twitter.com/yaf3CIE595
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Dr. Timothy Mullet, Director of the Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Clinic at the Markey Cancer Center at UK HealthCare, and Lindi Campbell, Lung Cancer Patient and Advocate, contribute compelling information about the dangers of radon exposure from their own professional and personal perspectives. This article was written by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Environmental Health.