Sentences with phrase «increased lung adenocarcinoma»

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A large - scale genetic study of the links between telomere length and risk for five common cancers finds that long telomeres are associated with an increased risk of lung adenocarcinoma.

They found that longer telomeres were significantly associated with increased risk for lung cancer — specifically lung adenocarcinoma, which more than doubled in risk for every 1000 base pair increase in telomere length.

Although smoking is the main risk factor, adenocarcinoma is also the most common type of lung cancer among lifelong non-smokers, and the risk of lung cancer is increased by 20 to 30 percent by exposure to secondhand smoke.

In dogs, second - hand smoke has been linked to tumor formation in the lungs and an increase in nasal adenocarcinoma, particularly in long - nosed breeds.