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The cancer blame game 

The blame that society puts on lung cancer patients could seriously impede attention and research funding on the disease, a local expert says.

"It gets 3 per cent of the total research funding for all cancers, and yet it is the No. 1 killer," says Dr. James Gowing, a Flamborough doctor and cochair of the Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada (CACC).

A 16-country survey released last week by the Global Lung Cancer Coalition and the CACC suggests one in five Canadians feels less sympathy for lung cancer patients because the disease is linked to smoking.

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