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Is it rare for someone who has never smoked to have lung cancer?
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Uncommon: About 10% of the lung cancers occur in non-smokers.
Answered 3/28/2013
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No it is not rare: It is not rare and non smokers also get lung cancer but the incidence is much less than smokers but it is not rare.It is the cause of 6th most cancer deaths in us.
Answered 3/28/2013
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