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The highest risk of cancer is for people that smoke. Perhaps the next highest risk is for people exposed to secondhand smoke. And then after that would be people that are exposed to toxic chemicals and pollutants in the air that they breathe.
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Is smoking the major cause for cancer in the US?
* Cancer is the second leading cause of death and was among the first diseases causally linked to smoking. * Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, and cigarette smoking causes most cases. * Compared to nonsmokers, men who smoke are about 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer and women who smoke are about 13 times more likely. Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer deaths in men and almost 80% in women.
Do you develop lung cancer for smoking for thirty five years?
MOst likely
Which people are most likely to exhibit clubbing?
The most common cause of clubbing is lung cancer. It is also commonly caused by other lung/heart diseases like interstitial lung disease or really any disease that causes chronic hypoxia. Hypoxia is a word used to describe the lack of sufficient oxygen supply in the body. Clubbing is caused by lack of oxygen in the blood, so on a basic note, any disease that causes the blood to be depraved of enough oxygen can cause hypoxia. The people most likely to exhibit clubbing are people with lung cancer, as lung cancer is responsible for over 50% of the cases.
What to use if i don't have a heating pad?
You will suffer from lung cancer and most likely die from it.
What cancer kills the most people in US?
Lung cancer is often associated with smoking, and the incidence and mortality rates are influenced by tobacco use. Other common causes of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. include colorectal cancer, breast cancer (among women), and prostate cancer (among men).
How do you get lung cancer?
Lung cancer occurs when something stimulates cells in the lung or lungs to begin to multiply uncontrollably. The most common cause of lung cancer is smoking, although there are other causes, usually involving inhalation of foreign particles.What causes lung cancer? The biggest cause of lung cancer is smoking, approximately 36,000 people in the U.K. die from lung cancer every year, 90% of those lung cancer deaths are from smoking. If you are a non-smoker there is a risk that you can get lung cancer from passive smoking, though the risk is not as high than if you smoke yourself. Passive smoking could be responsible for several hundred, lung cancer cases every year. Another possible cause of lung cancer is exposure to certain chemicals and substances such as asbestos, radon gas and nickel, but this is very rare. Air pollution has also been suspected as a cause of lung cancer, but this has not been proved.
What disease do you have if you spit blood?
Could be several. Lung cancer is one. However, tuberculosis is probably most likely as it causes the rupture of blood vessels in the lungs, therefore, spitting up blood.
What is the most deadly cancer in men and women?
lung cancer is the worst according to the doctors the worst way to die is to have a lung cancer and 50.000 people dies every day in the cause of this terrible disease and the best way to avoid it is to stay away from smoke and the wet dark places
Which is most aggressive in growth ovarian lung or stomach cancer?
Ovarian cancer shows the most aggressive cell growth, compared to lung and stomach cancer.
What is the most preventable kind of cancer?
lung cancer
What is the most common cancer to die from?
lung cancer
What is the cause of lungcancer?
Lang cancer can have numerous causes, but the most commonly recognised as a cause of lung cancer in western society is 'smoking' - the inhalation of poisonous fumes.Clark
