Doctors using high-profile lung cancer diagnoses, deaths to raise awareness about disease
and last updated 2021-02-18 16:58:05-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich â Former U.S Senator and Republican Presidential Nominee Bob Dole has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.
The 97-year-old made the announcement Thursday, saying he ll start treatment Monday.
The news comes right on the heels radio-show host, Rush Limbaugh, dying from the disease, just a day before.
Doctors at Spectrum Health said that diagnoses and deaths among public figures often raises awareness for various diseases, and this is one of those times.
According to Dr. Glenn VanOtteren, MD the Division Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care at Spectrum Health, lung cancer is leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. The disease also kills more people than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.