In Focus: Lung cancer in Asian American women

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Ай бұрын

Elizabeth Cook spoke with Dr. Heather Wakelee with Stanford thoracic oncology about a study showing most Asian American women with lung cancer have never smoked.
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@65mlover Ай бұрын

My wife is a Vietnamese American . She was a healthy person. She never smoke or drink. Routine check up is always perfect, no cholesterol, no diabetes, no high blood pressure, but she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It starts with a cough and you wouldn't think much about it. Until it keeps lingering. Doctor says it is genetic mutation. In general, everyone of us have cancer cell in us. It just how our body suppress it. Right now, She is being treated by UCLA and City of Hope. I'm wishing everyone that are affected by this disease have a positive outcome. God bless!

@jeanniechan4380 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. My mom died over 10 yrs ago of lung cancer. Healthy, except for a cough/cold that would happen during flu season. Someone from Kaiser that was doing lung cancer research on Chinese women who never smoked flagged it. Less than a year later she passed. I use to teach in a predominantly Chinese school; I also noticed that healthy looking Chinese women were getting lung cancer. These are elementary school kids’ moms. Non smokers. Please continue bringing light to this situation.

@mamaobama7132 Ай бұрын

I think it likely has to do with the way cooking is done in Asian and specifically Chinese culture, which involves the use of many oils and high temperature cooking resulting in the fumes from oils being inhaled. I believe there is also a similar situation with higher lung cancer in chefs too. Please look into this if you know or are related to any Asian women.

@ReyoVR Ай бұрын

I don't think so because the rate is rising. Unless Asian women now are cooking with lots of fumes this decade than decades before. I suspect if it is primarily from environmental factors, it is aerosols from certain cleaning products, commonly used recently, that is carcinogenic under chronic exposure and has not been identified yet.

@deschan2246 Ай бұрын

Possible

@NhatHuyNg Ай бұрын

@@ReyoVR are you saying only asian women breathe? or only asian women clean? nice logic there!

@nutenmaimauf-fp4lw Ай бұрын

No it’s because Asian women don’t get enough vitamin D because they don’t want to get dark so their racism is literally kiIIing them

@helenahandkart1857 Ай бұрын

@@ReyoVR they used to use more stable oils like palm oil. Now highly oxidising seed oils are mostly used instead.

@AuntieBecky85 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@TF-2q1 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the alert

@meowco69 Ай бұрын

Not just Asian Americans. My mother-in-law from Hong Kong was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and never smoked day in her life. There is some underlying factor that is causing this to Asians overall.

@michaellaw5876 Ай бұрын

Every time I go back to HK I always come down with a nasty flu. Mind you I’ve competed in CrossFit and marathons and still feel like I smoked even though I’m a non smoker. I’d still live in HK if I could afford it but I’d wear a mask even jt the difference is minuscule

@nutenmaimauf-fp4lw Ай бұрын

No it’s because Asian women don’t get enough vitamin D because they don’t want to get dark so their racism is literally kiIIing them

@zz-0 18 күн бұрын

Doesn't China have tons of smog and pollution though?

@jimmylam9846 Ай бұрын

California has high level of Radon Gas in ground which could seep in from basement of a home.....everyone should buy a Radon detector if you are in high risk area.

@dennisestradda9746 Ай бұрын

That if you at digging or work in excavation, this is something else.

@janicep11 Ай бұрын

California homes do not have basements, unless it is in San Francisco area. In LA, it doesnt exist here.

@megumie0ka Ай бұрын

My Ex's Mom never smoked too but she died because of Lung cancer. She's from the PH. So perhaps it's really not just Asian Americans. 😢

@learningearning8385 Ай бұрын

Is this only widespread on the West Coast? Or..is this Nationwide?

@kidneybeans8937 Ай бұрын

I wonder if this is also paralleled in Asia itself, is lung cancer on the rise in never smoking women there?

@dwkwong1 Ай бұрын

Highly likely caused by lifestyle and work. High risk activity is cooking all the time, breathe in the smoking fume, without ventilation. High risk at home, cleaning with cleaning spray, breathe in chemical damaging lung.

@YoungLungCancer Ай бұрын

Lung cancer is on the rise in this population. I hope they can figure out why.

@Qaranwadani1993 Ай бұрын

Younger too

@YoungLungCancer Ай бұрын

@@Qaranwadani1993 I know 😭😭 we are trying to raise awareness about the rise in lung cancer in younger people

@kennymichaelalanya7134 Ай бұрын

I noticed a lot of asian women buy scented candles and use regular candles for religious reasons. Maybe smelling the chemicals from them are bad. I know for several years that wall flowers are nice to smell but are toxic to us. Just a thought.

@weixia1191 Ай бұрын

Pollution?

@josietran4672 Ай бұрын

I believe it has to do with their line of work.

@paigedavis8761 Ай бұрын

Specific to the Bay Area, I think the casinos with indoor smoking might be contributing. Graton specifically opened 13 years ago when cases started to go up again

@silentmajority8365 Ай бұрын

Notta mya probrem

@Qaranwadani1993 Ай бұрын

So, the data is different from the Southern California?

@YoungLungCancer Ай бұрын

Asian women often have EGFR mutated lung cancer which is not driven by tobacco exposure (including second hand exposure)

@VR-oy3fu Ай бұрын

contrary to what the main stream says, smoking (naturally herb, tobacco, etc. without additives) is extremely healthy for humans; that plant has been prized in all ancient civilizations as being a healing plant; you all drank the kool aid. They put chemicals in cigarettes and then blamed the tobacco.

@yohanawu7347 Ай бұрын

Asian women, non smoker. Does this have something to do with tofu diet or wok breath, wok hay? Is this has something to do with their cooking at home? I assume they don’t have praying table at home like in Asia. Incense smoke.

@VR-oy3fu Ай бұрын

@Greenz1100 Ай бұрын

This is heartbreaking. It has zero to do with genetics. I am praying for everyone going through this. My God have mercy.

@roastnut Ай бұрын

What does it have to do with then? I think genetics plays a role in some cancers for sure.

@davidsalvador8989 Ай бұрын

I agree with you. I dislike when everyone immediately says its a genetic predisposition. Maybe its because they cook with gas much more often. Also they do cooking with coal in certain areas. Hot pots use gas stoves. Pollution, etc etc.. Why they jump to the idea its genetic?

@ashashashashash2468 Ай бұрын

No i think it could be from imported foods from over seas! Maybe soy sauces? Canned bamboo, bamboo in jars? I always buy and eat things from asian stores and they’ve began to put labels on them about cancer and reproductive harm… 😢

@rayjo4300 Ай бұрын

@@ashashashashash2468Asia style food, especially Chinese food turn to use high heat and more oil to make the food more tasty, sometimes can even trigger the false fire alarm

@wigwam3270 Ай бұрын

@@davidsalvador8989that’s stupid though. If it is environmental, why does it target women more? It doesn’t include men and doesn’t include other ethnicities. It strongly suggests genetic link.

@kennymichaelalanya7134 Ай бұрын

@mamaobama7132 Ай бұрын

I think it's much more likely to do with how Asian women cook with oils and fumes

@carson3448 Ай бұрын

《黃帝內經》指出，怒傷肝、喜傷心、思傷脾、憂傷肺、恐傷腎。 Ancient chinede medical book "Huangdi Neijing" points out that anger damages the liver, happiness hurts the heart, thoughts hurts the spleen, sadness hurts the lungs, and fear hurts the kidneys.

@allissanguyen6933 Ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@helendong1401 Ай бұрын

Cooking related as hoodfan doesn't work well here and Asian women are those cooking at home and they like cooking oily stuff.

@investined Ай бұрын

Arnt old Asian always smoking? Maybe they work in high smoke areas, Or maybe like others said its the cooking the do? Only way to know is if Asian open up about their culture more.

@thanhtrong6006 Ай бұрын

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@irida6537 Ай бұрын

I think that their childhood was full of smoked relatives and their lungs was destroyed from young years.

@helenahandkart1857 Ай бұрын

Cultures used to use more stable cooking oils, like palm oil, copha, coconut oil, lard, dripping, ghee & butter. Now cooks, usually women, & also short order & restaurant cooks are standing over & breathing in lungsfull of highly toxic fumes from unstable seed oils (previously only used as engine lubricant!) superheated to smokepoint. Seed oils have been sold to us as 'healthy' due to their polyunsaturated nature, but this is what makes them unstable. Saturated fats are stable & safer. It is not saturated fat in the diet that causes plaquing in arteries, by the way, but the body's own cholesterol trying to patch up & repair damage caused by high blood sugar from excessive carbohydrate consumption inflaming tha arterial walls. I feel so sad for these ladies. We should not be eating or breathing seed oils, with the exception perhaps of coldpressed sesame oil in salad dressings.

@meshell1399 Ай бұрын

I think its a combination of things, maybe the bad air and the food they're eating. 🤔

@sarthaktyagi6904 12 күн бұрын

yipppeeee

@musuyanguba4226 Ай бұрын

Could it be the arsenic in the rice? Can we start asking people about their diet and work and environments so we can actually make a correlation with the type of cancer?

@RoughNeckDelta Ай бұрын

if it was arsenic, then asian men would be suffering at the same rate.

@musuyanguba4226 Ай бұрын

@@RoughNeckDelta Getting diagnosed requires seeing a doctor and men are less likely to visit doctors.

@RoughNeckDelta Ай бұрын

@@musuyanguba4226 Even if they are less likely to see a doctor, if they get lung cancer, they are going to be in enough pain or discomfort to eventually want to see a doctor before they die.

@NhatHuyNg Ай бұрын

@@musuyanguba4226 we're talking about lung cancer here, genius. Once you get it, its very quick and easy before you find out.

@genuineappeal3458 Ай бұрын

People spend a third of their time in bed. Many beds smell weird with that conforming foam and spill-resistant material. I'd first look at fabrics, cleaners, and bedding. Next, I would look at the condition of the home HVAC, furnishings, carpets, etc. Then I'd look at food, water, food containers, etc. Finally, I would look at the neighborhood and general outdoor environment. I would examine these things simultaneously with visiting a physician and researching the American Lung Association. Good luck to all, lung cancer is hell to manage.

@silentmajority8365 Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I juta raff at dem

@Napoleon-xp3sm Ай бұрын

I think its from the MSG they put in their food.

@kennymichaelalanya7134 Ай бұрын

@joeyxiaoqio8867 Ай бұрын

Still does not explain why mostly women affected .

@SuperGreatSphinx Ай бұрын

Asclepius

@chdk55christidonny6 Ай бұрын

Chaos, confusion, deception are of the Devil.

@nnokki Ай бұрын

it is funny the title says 'Asian American' and half of the comments are related to Cantonese culture (not even totally Chinese). This is America

@defiantjv2920 Ай бұрын

What the hell....

@bananadude9642 Ай бұрын

Asian men are the most prolific smokers!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@silentmajority8365 Ай бұрын

With tiny PPs

@caglmdpoof9119 Ай бұрын

Why is this funny?

@enhancedutility266 Ай бұрын

You do know that 54% of Asian American women are married to a man of a different race and they're usually white

@Poemi10304 Ай бұрын

@@caglmdpoof9119Because that is a completely obvious reason as to why they're getting lung cancer even though they themselves don't smoke - secondhand smoke.

@TheFlagUnit Ай бұрын

I don’t smoke for 💩

@kailin7449 Ай бұрын

Asian cooking styles….Stir-frying, Deep frying!! 😢

@arah6783 23 күн бұрын

How about African American or the obese Americans. They need to research this

@Napoleon-xp3sm Ай бұрын

Could it be from the MSG they put in their food?

@JoanneHiratsukaPetersen Ай бұрын

If that were the case, cancer wouldn’t be focused on non-smoking Asian women, it would be Asians in general.

@TikaTikahere Ай бұрын

Have you ever read the ingredients used in Asian dishes - specifically fermented beans, curds, bbq sauces, color additives even where Asian vegetables come from is suspect. In 2023 I purchased some Chinese broccoli from an Asian food store and when i washed it all this white residue was in the water. What the heck was that and was it banned in the use for farming it and still it was sold at market? Suspect all Asian food you buy!!!

@HolaAmiga415 Ай бұрын

Very true, lots of food items in Asian supermarket have cancer causing ingredients. Not sure when imported it's labeled. Plus I do know food in China is grown with lots of dangerous pesticides / chemicals.

@dennisestradda9746 Ай бұрын

My bet their fried food and indoor wok cooking

@melborja5152 Ай бұрын

covid vaccines

@jolynmcteigue8371 Ай бұрын

Comes out of shot…?

@DCGreenZone Ай бұрын

If only there was a safe and effective preventive that was discovered during Covid.

@asianboss6355 Ай бұрын

Have you walked along an asian populated street vs a white populated street, everytime i walk pass an asian populated street i can smell the strong stench of smoke and by the end if the day my throat feels uncomfortable and the next day, the asians seem to smoke a really strong strong brand of cigarettes which you can smell miles away

@Napoleon-xp3sm Ай бұрын

It the MSG in their food and handling it.

@michaelbelmontes4046 Ай бұрын

Must be The Juice!

@Jnthncrrll Ай бұрын

NOT IT IS NOT, BECAUSE THE VACCINE IS NOT POISON!!!!!

@mbgrocott7115 Ай бұрын

Genetic risk combined with the jab perhaps?

@RoughNeckDelta Ай бұрын

"The collaboration between epidemiologist Dr. Scarlett Lin Gomez (UCSF) and oncologist Dr. Heather Wakelee (Stanford) began 15 years ago. They noticed increasing numbers of non-smoking lung cancer patients in their clinics."