Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO, died at 56 from a type of lung cancer that is often diagnosed late

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Susan Wojcicki,

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CEO, ***** at 56 from a type of lung ******* that is often diagnosed late

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of

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, ***** at 56 from non-small cell lung ******* (NSCLC).

NSCLC accounts for 85% of all lung ******* cases, many of which are diagnosed late.

Symptoms like persistent coughing can be confused with other illnesses, like bronchitis.

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of

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. She was 56.

In a

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, her husband, Dennis Troper, said that Wojcicki ***** “after 2 years of living with non small cell lung *******.”

Non-small cell lung ******* is the most common type of lung *******, accounting for 85% of 230,000 diagnosed lung ******* cases each year, according to

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Non-small cell lung ******* is often diagnosed late

There are two types of lung *******: small cell lung ******* (SCLC) and non-small cell lung ******* (NSCLC). In NSCLC, the ******* cells are larger, according to

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Symptoms can include a

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, coughing up blood, chest pain, wheezing, fatigue, appetite loss, and face swelling.

Because some non-small cell lung ******* symptoms can resemble other illnesses like

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, about 80% of cases are diagnosed at later stages, making it ******* to treat once the ******* has

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, according to Yale Medicine.

Smoking is the biggest risk factor, even if you quit

According to Cleveland Clinic, the biggest risk factor for NSCLC is smoking. Other risks include exposure to asbestos, metal and mineral dust, air pollution, radon, and radiation therapy. Some infections and *********, like ****/AIDS and Chronic obstructive pulmonary ********, also increase risks.

Most guidelines recommend

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who have

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— that is, who smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years — and have either quit or continued to smoke within the last 15 years.

Correction: August 12, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misrepresented the definition of “pack year.” A 20 pack-year is calculated by the packs of cigarettes smoked per day over a set of years, not smoking 20 packs of cigarettes a year.

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