Ask a Cancer Specialist
Lung cancer is the second most common non-skin cancer
among American men and women, and there are many questions
about the disease, from how it develops to how it’s treated. Lung
cancer experts Dr. Bruce Gershenhorn and Dr. Jonathan Kiev from
Cancer Treatment Centers of America® share answers to some of
the common questions about lung cancer:
Q: Should someone diagnosed with lung cancer seek a second
opinion? Is there a genetic predisposition for lung cancer? What
can we do to end the stigma that lung cancer is a smoker’s disease?
A: A second opinion never hurts. You owe it to yourself to make
sure you are well-informed. There are no well described common
genetic syndromes that predispose peop