Shira Boehler shares her journey being diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer. A doctor explains the need for better lung cancer screening for asymptomatic, never smokers.

Shira Kupperman Boehler is a runner with no symptoms and she doesn't smoke. Like an increasing number of women, she was shocked to learn she had lung cancer.

Lung cancer was the most commonly occurring cancer worldwide in 2022. It accounted for 2.5 million new cases which is 12.4% of the total new cases.

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers for men and women and by far the deadliest — it kills more people than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer rates overall have been ...