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Stigma Is Costing Lung Cancer Patients Their Lives, Experts Warn

by The New York Times | January 14, 2026
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Lung cancer patients often delay or avoid screening and treatment due to shame and judgment, a stigma that experts like Jamie Studts, PhD, say is as deadly as the disease itself.

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