Lung cancer among never-smokers on rise

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THE proportion of people diagnosed with lung cancer who’ve never smoked is increasing, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed. New research highlights air pollution as a growing factor
Lung cancer in people who have never smoked on the rise - with research pointing to one common cause
The proportion of people who have never smoked being diagnosed with lung cancer is rising, with new research pointing to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world.Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer said for never-smokers,
Air pollution drives lung cancer surge in non-smokers, study reveals
Air pollution is fueling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Lung cancer among never-smokers up
Lung cancer in never-smokers is also occurring almost exclusively as adenocarcinoma, which has become the most dominant of the four main subtypes of the disease in men and women globally, the agency said.
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"Changes in smoking patterns and exposure to air pollution are among the main determinants of the changing risk profile of lung cancer incidence by subtype that we see today," lead author Freddie Bray, head of the cancer surveillance branch at IARC, said.
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More and more non-smokers diagnosed with lung cancer: Study
GRAVITAS| The proportion of people being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never touched a cigarette or smoked tobacco in their entire lives is increasing as per the World Health Organization’s cancer agency.
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Air pollution fuels lung cancer among non-smokers: Study
The researchers said the highest levels of adenocarcinoma linked to air pollution were detected in east Asia, particularly China
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