STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: Why do ‘never-smokers’ get lung cancer? In some cases, rare genetic variant may be a factor Researchers have identified a very rare genetic variant that is associated with higher odds of lung cancer in "never smokers." https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/rare-gene-variant-boosts-lung-cancer-risk-25-fold-in-non-smokers/ statnews.com
