Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why. Elizabeth Cook reports.
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I know a non-smoking woman who got lung cancer because of bad quality of air. She was a cook.
What kind of kitchen did she work in? Some places can be poor quality low hygiene and even rat and mouse infested.
Makes sense. Many Asian children help in the kitchen if their parents have a restaurant / take away.
how does that tie into this report on non-smoking asian women?
neither of the women in this story are cooks
That's crazy, never even considered that outside of smoking
Hmm. I wonder if it has anything to do with cooking with woks for wok hei or cooking dive in the kitchen that produces smoke. Would be interesting to find more
May everyone who has cancer get well soon.
Amen🙏
My mom passed away exactly last month because of cancer. I hate cancer. My mom fought for 3 years. 💔
Indeed. ☦️
Some will. That is the root we hope will grow.
Cancer patients never get well. They may go into remission for 5-10 years but cancer will definitely reappear again😢
This really hits me hard. My wife of 23 years passed away late March with stage 4 lung cancer. She was everything to me and I miss her dearly. My heart goes out to family and loved ones who are going through this horrible event. I hope for a medical advancement to help others.
sorry man. she is at peace. Her spirit is still very much alive. I have seen spirits in my photography- for real. only in 2 pics out of 100k. undeniable they exist. I am not a hokey type- studied Engineering so more a show me type.
I am sorry for your loss. 😪
At least she died having your love and support, and as a cancer survivor who was abandoned by my spouse, I can tell you that means immensely when getting through this horrible experience. Be proud for being a good partner and for having been there for her.
@@cf8728 That is unfair. At what point in your treatment did your spouse leave you? What were the reasons stated? Might be more than you are sharing- usually is.
@@UTAH100Wow, goes it really matter??
What ever happened through thick and thin?
My mom passed away at 56, 9 months after we discovered she had stage 4 lungs cancer. She didn't smoke either and tried to live a very healthy life, despite having a fragile health. It's been now 11 years and even if we wish we knew how it all happened, it would be torturous to try to find a reason why. Sometimes life is unfair, but we sure saw a bunch of miracles during these 9 months. I know my mom is somewhere out there now, watching her children and grand children grow and live happily 🌻 A big prayer to all those who are walking the sad path of disease, and their families.
@@isabeauh2384 no, but there was probably asbestos in our house, we stayed there for like 20 years..
@@isabeauh2384Be for real
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It happened to my mom too.
My pops died of that as well. He never smoked but he got it from asbestos while he was in the navy
Scientists in China actually looked into similar issues long ago where patients developed advanced lung cancer but never smoked and found that most of them had been exposed to Radon, a naturally occurring gas released from soils/rocks as well as from incomplete burning of natural gas on the burner on your stove, that is when the flames of your burner appear yellow/orange/red instead of blue. A Radon detector can help determine if the level is too high. As for the cooker, regular cleaning is required and make sure your cooker flame is always blue.
Thanks for this. Very informative!
we don't have gas stoves in my city but thanks, very helpful to know
when i saw the video called asian and lung cancer first thing that comes to mind was must be the wok hei and then u kinda confirmed it
Open windows or have the fan on high?
This totally made sense as most Asian women cooks for their family. I remember mom cooks with gas and the flames were not always blue. Both my mom and uncle (was a cook and never smoke) and got lung cancer and passed away.
This was heartbreaking… I lost my fiancé to lung cancer and she never smoked either… she used to eat so healthy and was always taking the skin off my chicken… she passed away at 27… ❤
27?!!! I am SO sorry for your loss!!!
I am so sorry for your lost 💔😢
I am so sorry to hear this. Did the Dr said what caused it?
@@fujidenzo_kid4147 We were not sure… she started to have a little cough and it became a bit worse so she went to the doctor… they told her maybe allergies or something like that. A few more weeks went by and she was still coughing then they began testing and I was thinking maybe TB at the worst… but I remember sitting in the doctors office with her and getting the results… then the roller coaster started… she never gave up on recovery or on our dreams… she passed away in my arms about nine months later … I carried her last tear in my wallet for well over a decade… I hate cancer so much.
Thats awful!! Especially when a person is trying so hard and is so young.❤
According to Japanese National Cancer Center, it's not just non-smoking Asian woman living in the States, but also non-smoking Japanese woman living in Japan. Their research in 2023 indicates that woman with high estrogen levels could be at higher risk of lung cancer. It seemed that more research is needed, but I hope there will be a solution sometime soon.
It's the diet, but will the researchers be brave enough to admit it? I mean they are following all the advice more vegetables and less animal products.
Isn’t soy linked to estrogen?
soy related food, like yuba,edamame and tofu and natto.
@@TheCarnivoreHuman Well, they are not going to look at the diet as there is no money to be made for big pharma and big medicine and also big food isn't going to change from selling cheap carbs.
@@mikewhocheeseharry5292Soy is a very very weak estrogen. It’s actually a bigger problem that it takes up the free Estrogen receptors and ends up giving you Estrogen deficiency because it’s not as strong as natural Estrogen.
I'm so sorry this happened to you, i wish you all strength and healing
She survived stage 4 lung cancer for 5 years? WOW. Good for her. My wife passed away less than 2 months after receiving the same diagnosis.
I’m sorry to hear that
Did she start treatment right after they diagnosed her?
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.
@@kennymichaelalanya7134stop spreading your random theories.
@rawrss It's an observation not a theory. Stop spreading your Misinformation.
I lost my mom (Filipina) to Lung Cancer exactly 10 years ago. She never smoked and drank alcohol. My mom went to ER and diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer. She fought until the end and think what breaks my heart is that she never complained over the four month battle. I feel like I haven't moved on because I don't have answers. 😭
I am sorry for your lost was she around smokers?
May you find peace.
I’m so sorry to hear that:( did she have any symptoms?
@@Dakkibaby20 She had a dry cough for years. Had I known that was a symptom, I could have saved her life. 😭
@@fatemad4012 Thank you. My grandfather was a smoker, but from what I heard, she wasn't really around it. However, I'm thinking it was the family business (shoe factory) that may contributed.
Thank you for addressing this.
My dad never smoked or drank alcohol and he got lung cancer as well. I miss him every day.
So sorry bout that 😢
I am an Asian American who grew up in China in a very small apartment in which it was often filled with cigarette smoke the whole evening by my father while we the children did homework around a table that was also a dinner table during the eating hours. I personally never smoked, my mom who was an obgyn her whole life also never smoked but got lung cancer in her early 60s. Her cancer was discovered early because of herself was a physician. Her operation was very successful and she went on to live another two decades cancer free.
Happy for her! Hope my sister could end it up for the same result. She is a nurse too. Cancer free fir a decade now.
Yeah, it’s could be the environment like many Asian likes to go gamble at the casino.
@@swag2be578 I've never seen any Asians at casinos?
@@mobstercrow7515 Most of the Asian in the Bay Area always goes to the Graton casino since it’s open. That’s where they’re at so judging by this video since it’s about Bay Area Asian women I’m not surprised by the second hand smoke environment.
Yes passive smoking is causing lung cancer
They started doing research on why 25 years ago and this report doesnt mention one single thing the study have found out, or is even theorizing. Either they have found nothing at all in 25 years, not even a working theory, or this report was extremely lacking considering the title.
Even if they found a cure, pharmaceutical companies will release the different news/outcomes. Don’t hope for it.
Was going to comment something similar, I won't say this news clip was completely useless, but it was incredibly dissappinging. I clicked on the vid thinking they would disclose a few similarities they found within the patients from the study, but NOPE, they gave us 0 insight.
Right after the video, I told my husband "this was click bait!"
It was only 15 years ago that
So what were the findings? I found myself feeling like u guys did with the report but with your comments lol i was waiting for some type of answer that never came😆
A Vietnamese woman I knew just lose the cancer battle in 2023, leaving behind 4 young children, a husband and many people that cared for her. It’s such a tragic loss. It began as lung cancer and it metastasized. Stay strong and fight. Don’t get discouraged. I wish everyone good health.
A friend’s mother also died of lung cancer. Chinese, non-smoker, mid-60s, only lived in mainland China and Hong-Kong. Although her husband was - is still - a heavy smoker.
Fauci ouchie strikes again
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Thanks for all your help 🙏
My aunt died from this too. She never smoked, nor did her husband or any of her kids. She was never around smoke. but what she did do a lot was clean. and I have always wondered if it had anything to do with the cleaning products she was constantly exposed to. I wonder if this could be the case for these women too? Asian women tend to also do a lot of cleaning. If its not the gas stoves, then I personally suspect it has something to do cleaning products.
Or it could have metastasized
Oh that's an interesting thought, the cooking and cleaning.
A home that is too clean can lead to people developing allergies. Wouldn't be surprised if it's something in the home that's causing it.
@@everythingisfine9988or not clean enough. Dust, mold, and allergens floating through the house are the biggest contributing factors. I think it's less "being too clean" and more the cleaning products like the OP said
@@diwi5823yes yes, actually my in laws are Chinese and they aren’t exactly the cleanest people, no offense 😅. I would find mold, mildew, dust regularly at their place
Being Asian American female myself, I think the fact that many of us cook at home and the way we cook foods may have something to do with it. First of all typical Asian cooking style calls for high heat stir frying. Usually it generates a lot of steam and SMOKE. The gas used to fuel the stove also generates carcinogenic compounds. We use hood vent that pulls air out, but not every home has that feature, and not all of them can move air out quickly enough. I think the combination of smoke and gas fire may contribute to the lung cancer. I haven't seen any study on whether cooking habit has anything to do with lung cancer. I hope someone can start this study soon.
I think this is the answer
I remember years ago reading a research study focusing on the prevalence of lung cancer on chefs. And indeed kitchen smoke is just as damaging as smoking cigars.
When I cook even with the vent on, I turn on my air purifiers and they immediately go "red" from the high amount of smoke and particulates circulating in the air. Asians tend to cook at home and rarely eat out, so this has to be a contributing factor.
I believe this is actually the case. Plus don’t forget that a lot of Asian food has a lot of seed oils, things are fried in sesame oil and vegetable oils and these things actually cause cancer, diabetes etc.
Smoke of any kind is air pollution. This is probably the main cause of their lung cancer. Even just cooking inside without opening windows every day to air out their homes could lead to health problems. It's even worse if they grew up in a place with higher air pollution. Any particulates in the air are bad for health, it doesn't have to be from smoking.
Thank you for reporting this ill be on the lookout
I have a rare lung disease. The name of the condition is LAM disease. It is terminal. Very few people in the world has this disease. Blessings to ALL that are suffering from lung and other diseases. I still work, I have no options. But at times it is hard for me to get out of bed. It is tough, I know...but I would say the major pain is when I think about the anguish this is causing and will cause to my family when I pass away.
I am Vietnamese and was diagnosed with LAM last year at the age of 45. Luckily I am asymptomatic and still doing fine. I wish you are doing well.
@@ctle7738 Wow, I am so glad to hear that!!! Are you on Sirolimus? I picked up the prescription but i am afraid to use it.
LAM was diagnosed by coincidence., after a tumor was found caused to the disease. I really started to have more difficulties right after surgery.. I left the hospital with supplemental oxygen after that. I never needed oxygen before this surgery. I was using it 24 hours a day, for around four months. I am barely using it now. i am only using it if I need to walk. But I am not getting any better. I am so tired all the time. Hard for me to work out. I got COVID when I went for a PFT. After COVID back in December I just giot worse. Blessings!!!
Pole sana. Please please read John W Armstrong’s book ‘The Water of Life’. But not the Internet PDF version. Do urine therapy and you should recover fully in under 6 weeks. Be blessed.
@@danielogana3972 You had a condition cured by urine therapy? Twenty years ago, you would hear a lot about it. But now, not too many people follow it. Any experiences that you would share?
This happened to my friend. He was from Uzbekistan and never smoked, but got lung cancer. He was given six months to live, butj then did immunotherapy which prevented it from going to his brain. This extended his life for seven years. He passed last year.
How old was he at death?
💔 I'm sorry
I’m sorry to hear about your friend. May he rest in peace.
The Soviet’s did all sorts of Nuclear Testing in that area of the world
❤
as a 32 year old who has been in remission for 8 months for non hodgkins lymphoma, I can tell you I know what every cancer patient goes through and it sucks cause it really does drain you mentally, the people who you thought were going to be there for you, arent... I just want to pray for everyone who has been affected by cancer and I ask the Lord to rebuke all anxiety, depression and cancer. May he bless you with his gracious healing power
How kind!
God Bless you! I have just said a silent prayer 🙏 for you.
@@brandywineblogger1411 Sweetheart! I will not pray for you too!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
anyone thinks about vaccines. Just wondering why so many young persons getting cancer lately?
Today we buried my mom she lost her battle with cancer. Her pain when the cancer spread on her spine brain and liver was heartbreaking she couldn’t eat or drink she starved to death while in tremendous pain love your parents specially if they’re sick I took that for granted and now it’s too late to tell her I love her
Rip😢
I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m dealing with a parent who has Stage 4 breast cancer. Cancer sucks :-
@@MiamiChica 😢
It's interesting....I am guessing it's a genetic thing then. I'm Korean and my mom had lung cancer long ago out of nowhere...there was no smokers around, she never smoked. Living in a place right behind a mountain, no major road around. After her surgery, my dad changed the stove to electric one. He started to vacuum. Bought air purifier. No perfume, no fragrance etc. Changed small things in life that we haven't thought of. She is healthy now.
My dad died of lung cancer, but it was due to smoking, he started smoking at 14 and died at age 76. He kept it from us til my niece saw him cough blood and told me, forced him to the hospital, doctor told us he only had a month left to live. RIP Dad, love and miss you stubborn oldfart.
This video isn’t for you then. This is for non smokers.
Well, he died later than my late dad. my dad used to be a smoker, but my mom made him quit when I was born.
76 is quite the long life, bless his soul.
My dad died from lung cancer but he didn't smoke. He was a house painter. Probably toxic paint fumes and lead in the old paint..
Research also need to be done for other male / female at different age, their sex life, sport life is active or not? their indoor life is too much? food / drink (i am suspect is outside food is always unhealthy)...i doubt living without male / breathing with male (aka single) would cause lung cancer....but who know.
(But key would be: Most influence is always food / does they do alot of sport (sex /running/tennis )need breathing, or .....direct use throat).(i try to be indirect but who know...)
Years ago I was talking with my uncle, who is an oncologist and he said that the greatest misconception about people getting lung cancer (who never smoked) is that cigarette smoke is a tiny fraction of causing lung cancer. He told me that cases of lung cancer would become rampant in the future from toxic chemicals we breathe in every day from our environment, smog, pollution, fumes, new furniture, clothes, shoes and depending on where your items come from...this was back in early 2000's when he told me this.
this is interesting but why is it affecting asian women more..?
Fumes from cooking oil in woks was linked to bronchial cancer in Asian women 20 years ago.
Why keep people in the dark on this factor?
Your uncle is absolutely correct
You forgot cleaning products, perfumes, -
We only talk about cigarettes. We don't talk enough about the dozens of other toxic fumes we breath in everyday that are killing our lungs.
Prayers for you and your family
My mother, Asian, died of lung cancer at 82. Never smoked, no one in my family smoked. We were very puzzled for a long time.
air quality water quality, diet, etc. genes. 82 is still a good run though RIP
My dad passed away from lung cancer 8 months ago. It's crazy, my dad was complaining about a persistant cough and went in for a check up. He went from normal to critical in a matter of days. He was 73. Go hug your mom and dad and appreciate them while they are here. Life is too short.
Sorry for your loss. God rest his soul
Sorry for your loss
God rest his soul maybe he and my dad can meet in heaven and become friends … he had colon cancer and the same issue gone so soon
The same thing for my dad.
My dad has had a persistent cough for the past 2 decades, and refuses to get checked out. He used to be a smoker. I give up on trying to make him do anything, I hope you’re doing better
I'm a asian guy with stage 4 lung cancer, never smoked. and it has nothing to do with asian cooking fumes, because i'm lazy af and never cook.
as the head doctor in chat i will tell you that you have been lying to me and spend all your time gambling at Harrahs in there smokey casino
Deodorant?
You giva covid now you gotta Rung Cancer
Ress dibersity is good
What you eat?
@@aaronjennings8385I order my food
This is so sad and confusing! It’s waking people up to the reality that there are so many toxins in our environment that we are barely aware of that are potentially slowly killing us 😢
But what Vicki said about controlling what you can if so powerful. Stay strong, all of you!!❤
15 years ago, I worked with a Taiwanese woman whose mother died from lung cancer. She didn't smoke but her husband did. She said her mom got cancer from second hand smoke. This is in Houston.
My great granny died of lung cancer and never smoked... My great grandfather (her husband) did, and died of lung cancer about 2 years before she did. Second hand smoke is NO JOKE, no matter what smokers say.
Radon Gas .... it leaks up out of rocks
@@michaelwells7348 No, as I said, her husband, my great grandad started smoking at the age of 8 at the mid-west orphanage his father dumped him in when he was 3. HE killed granny with his smoking, and himself, he died of lung cancer also. Radon had nothing to do with it.
@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Radon gas stick to the tarred lungs of people affected by tobacco's smoke.
Second hand smoke is almost two times more abrasive than first hand.
It’s been shown to cause MORE cancer than actually smoking
There was a similar situation in India. Young adults around 19 dying of lung cancer. They were non smokers, the doctor researching found it was air pollution. Living in some parts of India was equivalent to smoking 9 cigarettes a day. So these young adults since birth were exposed to bad air pollution. The same for Mongolia too. They still use coal to warm their homes and Mongolia is very cold during winters. Children cannot even play outside because the air quality is bad in winter. Some comments about Chinese cooking, I know I have choked cooking some Chinese (Szechuan dishes) even with a vent and windows open. The peppercorns and chili are very hard to breath. So imagine cooking that kind of cuisine daily?
Yes, I think people don't realize how important indoor air quality can be. Whether it's fumes from cooking, cleaning products, air pollution, etc. The air quality inside can be even worse than outside if windows aren't opened regularly. If they grew up in a place with bad air, even if they move somewhere cleaner as an adult, that could affect their health for life. Air purifiers with a hepa filter could save lives.
Incenses burned maybe?
@keluargaboyboy8 gas stove tops are a huge one that aren't being talked about enough
@@jessn.3851 Lung cancer is not a thing in Chinese areas. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore.
@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Laneyou're joking right
Heartbreaking; encouraged by the motivation and strength of these women.
My mom, who was born in Vietnam, was diagnosed at 48 with stage four lung cancer, which spread to her brain, and passed away at 50 back in 2012 when I was 19 and my sister was 15. I remember the nurse looking after my mom said that she had lots of menopausal Asian women that never smoked seem to be getting lung cancer more than other demographics. I just hope there will be better ways soon for early detection if medicine is starting to see this correlation more. It makes me worry for my sister and I about going through what my mom did. I hope that in these studies we can keep track of where the women are born, if it's happening to those that were born in Asia only, or if it doesn't matter where they grew up and can happen to those that were born in North America too. My dad has hypothesized maybe it has to do with the cooking methods and poor ventilation system in Vietnam back then, since lung cancer sometimes happens to cooks. And then there's the lasting impacts of Agent Orange... But hope there will be more answers in the near future.
*_My mother passed away from lung cancer on December 1, 2023 even though she didn't smoke. I love her so much, I'm so broken ever since she left us._* 😢
She would want you to be happy so dont get depressed over it.
❤
I am so sorry for your loss.
She is an angel now and she is looking forward to take care of you from there! She is with you!
She just left for a rest. You will be seeing her again in Heaven.❤
My mom( Vietnamese) diagnosed with lung cancer 6 years ago. She and my dad both don’t smoke at all. By the time she found out, it already in the last stage which cancer already spread out to spine causing her not able to walk. She passed away after 2 years of fighting this cancer. Hopefully medical field get evolved to prevent this.
cooked with GAS ?
same to my mom (vietnamese) was also in the same situation. never smoke or drink alcohol. By the time she found out, it already in the last stage which cancer already spread out to spine. she passed away 1 year fighting the cancer. :(((
god bless you and your family, your mother raised a great individual and may she live on in our memories for all eternity
An easy prevention is to have a low-dose computed tomography each year.
incense burning is carcinogenic.
Wishing everyone lots of health.Praying for recovery.God Bless them .❤️🙏
This is also happening Asian women in Australia. My mum never smoked in her life and was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, she passed away 3 months later at aged 84 in 2023. The only cause we could think of is my Dad lighting up the insenses for our ancestors everyday. The alter was near the kitchen where mum spent a lot of her time.
Long exposure of incense inhalation has not had a significant result in lung cancer. If it did, it wouldn't just impact Asian women. Also, not all Asians light incense, and are not all Buddhist, let alone religious.
People in Asia burn many more incenses than in the US. My grandmother burned them every day in a tiny apartment and she passed away at 94 without any medical condition.
My mother was 67 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Never smoked. She was Mexican. She passed away 2 years ago. We never pushed to find out why lung cancer. My mother was a fighter never complained was active. The hardest part is seeing your mother strong fighting loving life to deteriorate and depend on a machine to breathe. God bless all women fighting this horrible disease.
I can feel your pain . Hug
Maybe passive smoker or working factory like drug and more with bad air quality
Condolences.
@@Felixkoifish thank you
@@mgadams4850 thank you
This is why you should live life to the fullest. You will never know when your last day will be.
true
What do you think happens after we die?
I used to say that until something happened to me and I'm like in a stuck state
I did that one weekend and they put me to jail. That's bad advice bro.
@@Lumpia_In_Texas Living to the fullest within the laws🤣
Asian Americans are more likely to live in urban areas where there's more air pollution. I wonder if that plays a role.
The report suggests that one can only get lung cancer if you smoke, which is clearly untrue based on the people highlighted in the report and anecdotes within the comment section. I hope those conducting the study approach the job with an open mind and not bias towards a specific thought, like one can only get lung cancer if they smoke.
I’m Asian, never cooked food with seed oil, only cook with saturated fat like butter, tallow or lard. One day I grabbed a butter from fridge which my bf bought it. when I was cooking, I got irritating in my nose and breath uncomfortably. It’s turn out that was a vegan butter that make from vegetable oil.
My cousin who lives in US , she’s running a restaurant for 5-6 years. Non-smoker. She just get stage 4 lung cancer a month ago.
From my research (people around me/internet). I guess
- smoke from high heat cooking seed oil (even worst when combine with non-stick pan/TEFLON)
- cleaning/chemical products
- asbestos
- incense
- mold
- bad ventilation in house/work place
Ohh !
The reason is due to high vegetable intake. Please search for carnivore diet in youtube. The whole world should know it
is your "research" clinically proven
@BBarNavi was it clinically unproven though?
Very good observation, relating to the chemistry behind it.
My mom died almost 10 years ago from an aggressive lung cancer. She was a doctor and never smoked. Lived a healthy life. It shocked everyone. She said that asian women are more likely to get lung cancer for unknown reasons. So, this was known even over 10 years ago. Edit: My family was very a white collar family that didn't burn incense, doesn't smoke, highly educated (both of my parents went to college), doesn't go to nail shops, exercises, doesn't stir fry, and lived in the surburbs where there was little air pollution.
Was she the one who cooked most in your family. It is said that Asian style cooking would cause lung cancer as you inhale all the smoke… and Asian women cook a lot
@@firefly4784 We need to compare it to same group of Asians in Asia.
@@firefly4784if they cook using gas stoves, the gas from the stoves/ gas canister could be a factor.
What about chemicals from nail shops?
@@firefly4784 what even is Asian style cooking? My mom uses a frying pan and a pot to cook everything like every other races. Unless you're saying Asians are the only ones using pots and pans.
I wish the report showed more detailed scientific data, like time span of the data used for the study, and if there is a trend in the country of origin of the Asian American women, for example. (The web page linked in the description section did have more details by a Stanford University researcher, but I wish she went into even more details.)
@user-s0me1x: Look up the study yourself, it's easy to google.
I lost my sister to non smoking lung cancer over a decade ago and she lived in San Jose. She too was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and eventually it went up to her brain. She was sick for 3 years. I am so curious what about the Bay Area and female Asians that have such a high rate of this illness?
We lost an aunt to lung cancer, she was extremely kind, very fit and strong … 😢
people who live in cities and don't smoke still have lungs as damaged as a smoker. the pollution is a killer all around us, cars, planes, fumes from factories
During the heavy smog years in L.A. breathing in the air was the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes every day, and even children on playgrounds.
yeah i was wondering why air quality wasn’t considered/mentioned
But why I'd it affecting Asian American women?
@@KS-xd8zi is it?? that’s what i was wondering. if asian americans were also affected. did they say that in the clip? i missed it if it did.
And from second hand tobacco smoke exposure too. Smokers standing near non-smokers pose a risk.
It’s the burning oil fumes from cooking. Use only beef tallow, all those seed oils will harm you in many ways.
Yeah, anytime we burn anything it gives off toxic fumes.
Maybe people should start wearing gas masks when cooking.
@@cryora Hahaha! That would look lovely.
@@arnoldfrackenmeyer8157 I'm serious. People wear masks when painting, soldering, crafting. If wearing masks can reduce the risk of this form of lung cancer down to virtually 0 for this demographic, it could be well worth it. Other solutions could be choosing to cook foods than don't burn, and venting out the the fumes with a fume hood, or air purifiers with HEPA filters.
My aunt got lung cancer and so did a bunch of her co-workers. They work in a factory that makes different types of PPE in Washington state.
This is eerie. I worked with a very healthy non-smoking Asian woman. She was diagnosed with lung cancer out of nowhere and was dead within a year. For a while it seemed like gene therapy was a miracle because the tumors nearly disappeared, but then they came roaring back. This was in 2016, I believe.
What did she eat?
My dad died from stage 4 lung cancer. Never smoked in his life. Every specialist we spoke to kept asking if he smoked. We didn’t know he had stage 4 cancer until after he went on life support. His left lung was pretty much collapsed. He never wanted to do a lung biopsy until it was already too late. Results came while he was on life support and they said they couldn’t help him anymore. He had a lot of fluid in the lungs removed and they thought it was pneumonia and possibly TB at first. Ended up being cancer. It was definitely sad times.
*MR OBALAR* ON UA-cam CURED ME TOTALLY..
Lord Yehoshua of Nazareth is real. people must repent from their sins and believe in the Lord Yehoshua
Is it possible he hung around people who smoked? Second hand smoke can be dangerous.
If this was post COVID jab, that's the real answer....
@@jasonk4315kay why ess
what about nail salons? I mean those acrylic dust and other products?? can this be part of the problem? I started to get my nails done but those products are too much. Some of those workers have masks but I wonder of it is enough?
My Pau-Pau passed away from Lung Cancer in this same way in 2001. This immediately made me think of her when I saw this and I hope they can find all they can about this and hopefully find a cure
I'm sorry for your loss. Radon levels in houses and buildings can be high enough to cause lung cancer as it is the second most common cause
I don't think it's just smoking. A young 30-year-old woman I know got lung cancer a few years ago and she never smoked a day in her life (ditto for her husband and pretty much everyone in her circle of friends and family - they're all very health-conscious). She's a hair-dresser though and she's convinced it was all the chemicals and fumes from all the products she works with on a daily basis. When she said that, I just thought wow that makes so much sense.
I know a male hairdresser who passed away fairly young from lung cancer.
Correct
Hairdressers and Nail techs have some highest rates of endocrine issues and cancers so must have correlation with the chemicals they are inhaling if not touching or coming into contact with on regular basis
Yes I threw away my hairspray and switched to all natural ingredient hair products. Any hair product that is a spray can has butane in it which causes cancer.
My sister in law was a FANS. She passed away 3 yrs ago. Never smoked in her life, neither my brother. Stage 4 cancer was discovered when she incurred a stroke. She lived for another 2 years leaving behind 2 kids. It's truly a horrible disease and I hope they get more funding.
Any chance she had participated in any medical trials?
deodorant maybe?
Chinese incense?
@@kennnnnnnnnnnnnnnmaybe. Who knows what ingredients change in incense/candles these days
@@U-TubeAddictlead poisoning..
my aunt passed away 2018. asian as well. stage 4 lung cancer. never smoked in her life.
Occupation sometimes is a factor too. A friend's friend, who was FANS, also didn't cook much, has been working a desk job, close to a big laser printer. The doctor thought her lung cancer might have a lot to do the frequent exposure to printer dust.
Good point. Definitely one has to be careful with technology. I put the cell phone on another table 5 feet away but really need to turn it off as the norm.
oh my! But I wonder how it affects Asian women specifically.
Prayers to all Cancer Patients 🙏🏼
My mom died from lung cancer 7 weeks ago. Never smoked at all. Diagnosed in 2018, took trial meds which got rid of the cancer for years until a year ago, then was forced to start chemo injections. She only did one round of chemo in February then she got really sick, at home for two weeks before being forced to go to the hospital and then died three weeks later in a hospital bed. The last time I saw her not in a hospital bed very weak was Christmas 2023.
I am so very sorry for your loss. My dear Mom passed a few years ago and I miss her all the time. Praying for God’s peace and comfort for you.😭💔
My condolences 🙏
Were her pregnancies difficult?
Sending you my condolences ❤
I’m so sorry for your loss. 🙏🏻
Both strong beautiful woman.. I’m praying they get many more years to enjoy family and friends 💕
God bless these women. JSR JH.
My wife now at 57 years old is in the same situation. She never smoked in her life, eat and stay healthy, but was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. She is waiting for treatment currently.
If she hasn’t already, encourage looking into a vegan wholefood diet. They have the lowest rates of cancer of any diet in the world, and avoid too much saturated fats/frying in excess oils if you can!
did she grow up in a highly polluted area? what about her parents?
Make sure she has a genetic marker test done and consult with an expert in her kind of cancer. Treatment varies widely from other kinds of lung cancer.
I have stage 3B lung cancer last august. None smoker and eat relatively healthy diet and daily exercises still have lung cancer….within two months my cancer reduced nearly 50% now its 70% within 5 months and the Dr said its melting away…..i goggle everything i eat that benefits my condition…only stream and boil , salt and spices no sugar, all natural and clean foods. I also consume Korean red ginseng twice daily in the first 2 months ( consult your dr if you decide to take it) then once daily, the amount is based on how my body taking it..i also exercises daily aiming circulation and relaxation , basically a bit of everything. I hope this infor help you .
She grew up in a clean environment. Could be picking up pollutants somewhere she never knew. 2nd hand smoke, industrial waste, fresh paintings etc. you never know……
Undetected excess radon gas in a home without mitigation can also cause lung cancer.
Only reason I could think of. Maybe they just have a pattern of behaviour or where they choose to live that.have them around it more often? But honestly i dont think it'd be that sharp of a difference between demographics
More people need to know about Radon gas, up here in Canada we got a lot of bad spots. Apparently residential buildings can be the worst. Worst is you cant just pop a detector in a house and know. Ya gotta leave a puck in your place for 3 months over winter to see your reading
Yes, everyone check for radon. I had it in my new house and needed to have a fan installed to get rid of the radon gas. Scary.
Right. So do not live or exercise in the basement.
@@yanxiao6439 I had high levels on my 1st floor too, not just my basement. Please test your home if you haven’t. 💕
Yes, Radon, an odorless gas, is very dangerous.
It comes from homes / neighborhoods being built on top a certain rock formation.
Our whole neighborhood in s.e. PA. is built in a large beautiful hilly area, and almost every home, including ours has the radon remediation pipe going up the side of the house. Stores like Lowe's, Home Depot and ACE Hardware all have Radon testing kits.
So maybe it's not the ladies living habits, maybe it's where the home is located.
And by the way, Radon in your basement can reach the 2nd floor!
Get rid of high VOC products in the home. Scented candles, air fresheners, perfumes, fabric softener, harsh cleaning products, essential oil diffusers. Replace with fragrance free. Remember this slogan "Go mild, not wild". Your lungs will thank you for it.
My wife is Asian, I am non Asian. Sometimes she will cook traditional Chinese meals with spices, certain oils, and other products she only finds at the Chinese supermarket. Many dishes are stir fried. On a few occasions she would cook in the kitchen and I would be in the living room. While she cooked, I happen to hear my smoke alarm go off full volume which is attached inside the kitchen and above the kitchen entrance. I ran to the kitchen to see what's going on. She was cooking a high heat full flame stir fry food. It literally clouded the kitchen with some cooking fume. It was nothing burning. No black smoke, no materials being burned, no rag burning. It was her high heat cooking. I immediately opened the windows, tried to ventilate the kitchen, all while holding my breath because those cooking fumes was making me cough and irritating my eyes. I had to talk to my wife that such cooking with high heat and fumes cannot happen again. What kind of healthy dishes require high heat while burning oils and setting off smoke alarms? I feel that any type of cooking that sets off a smoke alarm, or affects your breathing or irritates your eyes is bad news because it may also irritate your lungs. It just doesn't sound healthy for your body either. There are many safer ways to have a good home cooked meal with much less heat and no burning oils. My wife understood. We both enjoy good dishes as long as it's prepared with health in mind.
I agree. I had a Chinese guy rooming in my house. When he cooks stir fry, I see a fume of oil smoke rising and wafting through the house. He keeps telling me that stir fry requires high heat, and I tell him I don't care what it is, but burning oil is not safe/healthy and he should change his way of cooking. I was upset, because the level of VOC in the house would remain high for many hours even after opening all the windows. Remember three main causes of lung cancer are smoking, radon and cooking.
Wok cooking needs to be done in well ventilated area . Do it outside!! That's what they do in Asia.
My non smoker Asian aunt passed away from lung cancer. She thought it was dry cleaning chemicals since she owned a dry cleaners. Never really found out what caused it. I had no idea it was so common.
The softening dryer sheets are known to carry cancer substances
it culd be the cause - air particles fromthe chemicals??
Yes, it is the dry cleaning chemicals
I read about an old study that followed housewives back then they were called that. And women who cooked with gas stoves without an extractor fan hood died several years earlier than those that also had gas ovens but had an extractor fan.
I also talked to the janitor if my mom’s 200 unit apartment building: when Asians move out the oven is pristinely clean but the rest of the kitchen has residue (I forget how he described it). all over. And when white people move out usually the walls etc are clean but the oven is greasy. He said it was because they cook with woks or similarly sautee everything compared to others who roast and bake more.
My concluded hypothesis is that Asian women in the USA are still the main cook of the family, and that something about their style of cooking affects the air they breathe while cooking it.
Perhaps some kind of kitchen appliance or home design change (more gas stoves?) is a factor.
The residue is oil from frying foods. The smoke kind of vaporizes oil droplets and it gets everywhere. Even on top of the kitchen cabinets.
Totally agree with this comment. Especially breathing in oils is so bad for the lungs too in addition to gas stoves being a problem.
@@kalitzinaI clean off that stuff all the time on my cabinets and wonder if I should be wearing an N95 while cooking
I got rid of my gas stove top due to the film, I bought a house that was built in 1948, the house was in rough shape and specifically the kitchen had this sticky film all over the walls, especially the ceiling and upper walls. The kitchen had wall paper and as much as I scrubbed I could not get the film off, and if I scrubbed too hard to exposed layers of wall paper all different styles. I didn’t understand what this film was as I ever seen it anywhere else,my mother a chef for decades explained that gas releases minuscule amounts of this film. After 20 years of owning the house I was able to finally gut the kitchen and remodel, I put in an electric range.
Your comment makes sense but why Hispanic women don't have the same issue?
My mother at 65, who was also Chinese, was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in June 2021. She was told there were no treatments she could do to fight it. She passed away 2 months later in August. I hope this study can find some answers.
PFAS from cookware? I am always worried about the wok in Asian cooking because of the high heat, high smoke, etc. Would love to see a study on this.
Asian households use way, way less non-stick cookware than other folk
Amazing ladies. My prayers for their healing. I am in awe of their courage and strength.
Secondhand smoke is rampant. And there are people, myself included, who unfortunately aren't able to avoid it no matter they utterly want to.
Could it be the fumes from nail salons? I once saw a documentary about the health effects of inhaling acrylic powder fumes and its effects on nail techs.
I quit wearing deodorant years ago. Best thing i ever did....
My Vietnamese friend also got lung cancer when was was a tween or young teenager. She says it was second hand from her uncle or a family member. The smoke would get through the vents to her room. She is ok now
Lot of people commenting but forgetting a crucial point when saying it's because of second-hand smoke from Asian men. If that was the case, this would have been constant as Asian men aren't smoking MORE than before. Lung cancer for these women is on the RISE. So there is something relatively new causing this.
Asian women are notorious for wearing disposable face mask
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If these women took hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms, that could be the reason. Another reason is hormones used as birth control pills. Another possible reason is the presence of radon in the house.
@@heythaveAsian w omen have much lower rates of using birth control and hormone therapy thought compared to other groups
Could it be affected by high heat oily Asian food cooking and long-term inhaling that smoke at home?
May God bless them all!
My aunt in Vietnam has lung cancer although she never smoked. It's been a year now since she got diagnosed with lung cancer. This video really give me and my family hope🌅
Asia, men smoke a lot and 2nd hand smoking can be more dangerous.
Oh my god. Really heartbreaking. I hope these two women are restored fully back to health.
does anyone know if there's any way we can donate to cancer research for asian Americans?
I hope you get well soon. Just focus on that you are getting better and not fighting the cancer.
I wish for this women to live to see their kids grow. I had a neighbor in this category, (FANS).
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.
There has been clusters of Asian house wives in Singapore where they are also “FANS”, and it was found by Singaporean research that it was due to stir fry cooking using new age (canola, sunflower, etc) seed oils.
@davidwan1715: Can you provide a link to the research?
There's nothing new age about sunflower oil. All kinds of stir frying were find to increase cancer risk. Some studies indicated that unsaturated oils were worse, but the main issue was simply the stir frying itself.
@@violetviolet888 hi, there is been a lot of research to date on Asian women non smokers getting lung cancer.
Google “Chinese Food Cooking and Lung Cancer in Women Nonsmokers”
There are research papers posted on Oxford Academic amongst other medical journals.
The fumes from stir fry is found to have carcinogenic properties. And inhaling over a period of time significantly increases the risk of getting lung cancer.
@@violetviolet888 As for the Singapore cluster, Google “Cancer from cooking with wok?, Latest Singapore News”.
@@lacdirk traditionally, stir fry cooking uses peanut oil or lard (pigs fat). However, lung cancer was not that common in those eras.
This is so heartbreaking. I hope they determine the cause and find a solution. No one should have to suffer from this horrible condition.
My cousin who never smoked, died of Lung cancer, and after one year and eight months, she passed. Also my God sister, she was diagnosed almost two years ago. She never smokes, and until now she is still fighting the disease. It is heartbreaking. I hope and pray that researchers will find treatment for all cancer diseases.🙏😟
Prayers to Vicki and her family
In 2013 my Filipina mother passed from lung cancer. She was a non-smoker.
I always wondered if this has something to do with cooking on gas stoves. Studies have come out recently saying they pollute indoor air.
Could it be working at the kitchen too long inhaling stove gas or fumes?
My late grandmother also contracted lung cancer, and she was not a smoker. Thankfully, she survived for many years despite the condition and died just a few years shy of 100.
I will need to ask about my risk level for this at my next doctor's appointment. I've been having weird, nagging health issues for a while, and it's about time I got these addressed.
Vicky, your strength is radiating. Wishing you the best and for your family
Cancer is killing so many young people it’s sad. My boss, my coworker, my sister, my friend, guy down the street, all died of cancer in their 40s. All healthy lifestyles.
has something to do with what/how they’re cooking I bet … or some other household difference in cleaning supplies etc.
My mom died of lung cancer in 2020 at 57. She too never smoked, was a court stenographer at a regional court in a small town in the Philippines. She’s a Filipina with Chinese ancestry.
Thank you for shedding light on this. I'm just curious if these brave gals had any prior symptoms before the diagnosis or was it a routine screening that found it. Good luck ladies...you're in our prayers!
Wish you all get well soon
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