Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: Incidence, Risk Factors and Molecular Characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Women

SPH Faculty

• Caroline Thompson, Co-Investigator

Principal Investigators

• Scarlett Gomez
• Iona Cheng

Research Project Title

• Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: Incidence, Risk Factors and Molecular Characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Women

Project Description

• The goal of this project is to document incidence and risk factors for lung cancer by smoking status, among AANHPIs, focusing especially on female never smokers.

Location/Study Area 

• United States

Collaborators

• University of California San Francisco, Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Stanford University

Project Website

• http://www.pamf.org/research/studies/topic/lung-ca-women-never-smokers-asian-am-native-hawaiian-pi/?sitecfg=23