Lung Cancer Causes WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Lung Cancer Causes
The main causes of lung cancer (and cancer in general) include carcinogens (such as those in tobacco smoke), ionizing radiation, and viral infection. This exposure causes cumulative changes to the DNA in the tissue lining the bronchi of the lungs (the bronchial epithelium). As more tissue becomes damaged, eventually a cancer develops. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- About 75% of all lung cancers is non–small cell lung cancer.1
- Even people who never smoked can have lung cancer.2
- Cigarette smoking is the most important cause of this condition.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ eMedicine: Lung Cancer Non-Small Cell Clinical
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: Lung Cancer Causes
- ↑ eMedicineHealth: Lung Cancer Causes
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- Contributor: Lesgreen Babaran, PTRP
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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- Contributor: Lesgreen Babaran, PTRP
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: LUNG CANCER CAUSE, CAUSES OF LUNG CANCER, CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
