The squamous lung cancer and
lung adenocarcinoma type are the two most common types of lung tumor.
Not exact matches
Adenocarcinoma is the most common
type of
lung cancer in the United States with approximately 130,000 people diagnosed each year.
His study looked at
adenocarcinoma, a
type of
lung cancer in the air sacks that afflicts both smokers and non-smokers.
In this study, the researchers focused on a
type of non-small cell
lung cancer called
lung adenocarcinoma, which accounts for about 40 percent of
lung cancers.
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.