At the age of 41 years and having never smoked, Julie Swedberg, based in Minnesota (USA), was stunned to be diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2016. Her husband Eric and two young sons, aged 8 and 10 years at the time, were all devastated. “I'd been coughing a lot, and also had a history of allergies, so went to my doctor”, she explains. Multiple visits, antibiotics, and steroids did nothing to reduce her symptoms, so Julie requested a CT scan. “There was a spot on my lung in three different x-rays that was diagnosed as pneumonia. I was given antibiotics, then after a later visit, steroids. Of course, these did nothing, yet lung cancer was never discussed as a possibility.”

中文翻译：

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年轻的非吸烟者被诊断出患有肺癌。

现年41岁且从未吸烟，总部位于美国明尼苏达州的朱莉·斯韦德伯格（Julie Swedberg）在2016年被惊呆于被诊断出患有4期肺癌。她的丈夫埃里克（Eric）和两个年幼的儿子分别为8岁和10岁，全都毁了。她解释说：“我咳嗽很多，也有过敏史，所以去看医生。” 多次探视，使用抗生素和类固醇激素并没有减轻她的症状，因此朱莉要求进行CT扫描。“在三种不同的X射线检查中，我的肺部有一个斑点被诊断为肺炎。给我服用抗生素，然后在以后的访问中服用了类固醇。当然，这些措施无济于事，但从未讨论过肺癌的可能性。”