Not Just a Smoker’s Disease: Rethinking Lung Cancer Risk

Lung cancer carries more myths than almost any other cancer — and many of them keep people from getting the screening, treatment or support they need. In this Meaningful Medicine episode, we turn to Dr. Garrett Sherwood, a medical oncologist who specializes in lung cancer and thoracic malignancies, to separate fact from fiction. We dig into the biggest misconceptions: that only smokers get lung cancer, that symptoms are obvious, that screening isn’t necessary, or that a diagnosis leaves few options. Dr. Sherwood explains what drives risk, why early detection is so powerful and how modern treatments — from minimally invasive surgery to targeted therapies — are giving patients more hope than ever.  Learn more about Dr. Garrett Sherwood