The Big Bang Theory star Kate Micucci, 43, reveals she has lung cancer as she shares video from surgery: ‘Never smoked a cigarette in my life’

The Big Bang Theory star Kate Micucci has revealed that she has lung cancer.

The 43-year-old actress, who played Raj’s love interest Lucy on the show for eight episodes between 2013 and 2017, took to TikTok on Saturday to document her recovery from successful surgery to remove the disease.

Lying in a hospital bed on a drip, she said: “Hey everyone, this is not TikTok, this is Sick Tok.”

“I’m in the hospital, but that’s because I had surgery yesterday for lung cancer. They noticed it very early.”

“It’s really strange because I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life, so, you know, it was a surprise. But I also think that these things happen, and so the best news is that they noticed it in time, they pulled it out, I’m fine.

The Big Bang Theory star Kate Micucci has revealed that she has lung cancer.

The 43-year-old actress, who played Raj’s (Kunal Nayyar) love interest Lucy in eight episodes of the series between 2013 and 2017, took to TikTok on Saturday to document her recovery from successful surgery to remove the disease.

“It’s been a bit of a journey and (I’ll) probably go slow for a few weeks, but then I’ll get back to it.”

“Why am I still talking… because I’m on drugs!”

Recounting how she was first diagnosed, she said: “I had one reading in my blood test that was very high.

“So I went to a preventive doctor who did some scans. He scanned my heart and that’s where he noticed the spot in my lung.”

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It is detected using low-dose computed tomography (CT).

One in six people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime, and more than 127,000 people die each year.

A recent ACS report found that young women suffer from lung cancer at a higher rate than men.

In the 1980s, men were almost twice as likely to develop the disease as women, due to higher rates of smoking and workplace exposure to substances such as asbestos.

Lying in a hospital bed on a drip, she said: “Hey everyone, this is not TikTok, this is Sick Tok.” “I’m in the hospital, but that’s because I had surgery yesterday for lung cancer. They realized it very early.”

“It’s really strange because I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life, so, you know, it was a surprise. But I think that happens too, and so the best news is that they noticed it in time, they pulled it out, I’m fine.”

But with a decrease in the number of cigarettes and safety regulations, the situation has changed: now young and middle-aged women are diagnosed with this disease more often than men.

In 1992, there were about 65 new cases of lung cancer for every 100,000 people, and by 2019 that number had dropped to about 42.

Despite progress, there is a disparity between the sexes, with more women aged 35 to 54 being diagnosed with lung cancer than men in the same age group.

Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer, and although overall smoking rates have fallen significantly, women are slower to quit smoking.

By gender, about 67,000 men die from lung cancer each year, compared to 59,910 women.