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Shira Boehler: The Cancer That Kills More Young Women Than Breast, Ovarian & Colon Combined | #16

Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 9m

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You did everything right, kale, running, annual blood tests, and still ended up with a mass in your lung. So why does the disease killing more young, healthy women than breast, ovarian, and colon cancer combined still carry the stigma of a smoker's disease? In this episode of The XX Lab, Dr. Sarah Hill sits down with Shira Boehler, lung cancer survivor, author of the New York Times bestseller One Scan Saved My Life, and founder of the Cancer Doesn't Care foundation, to explore why lung cancer is rising in young non-smoking women, sex differences in medicine, the toll on caregivers, and why a $200 scan could rewrite the guidelines. KEY TAKEAWAYS: - Lung cancer kills more young, healthy women…