The precise details of Hurricane Sandy can not be predicted in advance, any more than when, or whether,
a smoker develops lung cancer, or sex without contraception yields an unwanted pregnancy, or a drunk driver has an accident.
Gene variants have been linked to elevated risks for disorders from Alzheimer's disease to breast cancer, and they may help explain why, for example,
some smokers develop lung cancer whereas many others don't.
Not exact matches
Smokers know that they stand a higher chance of
developing lung cancer if they smoke, but to some of them, the cost of quitting is greater than the reduction in risk they'll have.
Grasping at a final possible alternative to the inconvenient notion that smoking could have a healthful benefit, experts theorized that the association was due only to
smokers dying young of cancer, heart disease and
lung disease before the age when they might otherwise have
developed Parkinson's.
«Cigarette
smokers are at far greater risk than the general public for
developing lung cancer, and helping
smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health.
The American Cancer Society estimates the risk of
developing lung cancer to be 1 in 13 for men and 1 in 16 for women, including both
smokers and non-
smokers.
The research group plans to move forward with more - advanced technology and larger populations to investigate field cancerization in other
lung cancer subtypes, such as small - cell
lung cancer, in
smokers and in
lung cancers that
develop in non-
smokers.
Never
smokers who belong to the highest GI group have more than twice the risk to
develop lung cancer than those in the lowest GI group.
Worldwide,
lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer.1 In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over
lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer.1 In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of
lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over
lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime
smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of
developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over
lung cancer compared with a lifetime non -
smoker.1
Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over
Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60.2
Smoking increases the risk of
developing a primary
lung cancer; lifelong
smokers have a 20-fold increased risk compared with non-
smokers
If
smokers increase the variety of fruit they consume they can have a lower risk of
developing lung cancer
You must have heard stories of a life - long chain
smoker who does not
develop lung cancer while another non-
smoker in perfect health dies of sudden death.
For example, a study in
smokers showed those who took antioxidant supplements (vitamin E and beta - carotene) actually had a higher risk of
developing lung cancer.
• A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology revealed that dogs living with
smokers have a 60 percent greater risk
developing lung cancer.
People who smoke are automatically given higher life insurance rates because statistics have proven that
smokers have a higher chance of
developing serious issues related to their
lungs and heart.