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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Known as the “silent killer,” lung cancer kills almost three times as many men as prostate cancer and nearly three times as many women as breast cancer. But 20% of lung cancer patients have never smoked. So, what caused it? Here are five reasons why lung cancer can affect non-smokers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global endemic infection like influenza. Although children with cancer generally have better outcomes with COVID-19 infection than adults with cancer, their risks of hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and death are still significantly increased compared to the general pediatric population. The Children’s Oncology Group (COG), an NIH-funded consortium including 100% of pediatric cancer centers in North America, has released advice for childhood cancer survivors and parents of children with cancer.