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Lung cancer on the rise in U.S. Asian women who don't smoke. Experts hope to expand screenings.

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Of Asian women diagnosed with lung cancer, 57% are nonsmokers, according to a study by leading California medical centers.

Lung cancer in nonsmoking had been rising for more than a decade before Ni received her diagnosis.

Ni says she doesn't believe she was exposed to any cancer-causing chemicals and didn't grow up in an area with air pollution.

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90

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33

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informal

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English

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48

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