US EditionAir pollution may be raising risk of lung cancer in ‘never-smokers’: Study
UNITED STATES, JUL 2 – The largest genomic study of 871 never-smoking lung cancer patients found a 3.9-fold increase in tobacco-related mutations linked to air pollution and carcinogenic herbal medicines.
- Air pollution and traditional herbal medicines are linked to lung cancer in non-smokers, according to a study published in Nature.
- The study analyzed lung tumors from 871 non-smokers across four continents and found more mutations in polluted areas.
- Researchers noted that air pollution leads to significant genetic mutations, more than those from secondhand smoke exposure.
- Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., with non-smokers representing 10 to 25 percent of cases globally.
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The exposure to contaminated air is closely related to the appearance of DNA mutations associated with pulmonary cancer, shows a new international study. Researchers have analyzed hundreds of patients who have never smoked and identified genetic changes similar to those caused by smoking, but also some new, present exclusively to non-smoking people, reports Science Alert.
A recent study found that breathing contaminated air produces genetic mutations, which could influence the development of lung cancer
Study links air pollution to more lung cancer mutations in nonsmokers
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution is strongly associated with increased genetic mutations in lung cancer tumors among individuals who have never smoked, according to a new study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).The study,
Study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Exposure to fine particulate air pollution is strongly associated with increased genetic mutations in lung cancer tumors among individuals who have never smoked, a new study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found. Read full story
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