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How common is lung cancer among smokers?
Lung cancer is significantly more common among smokers compared to non-smokers. Smokers are about 15 to 30 times more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers.
Who is lung cancer more common to hit?
smokers
Who are more frequently to develop chronic bronchitis lung cancer heart disease and emphysema than Who?
its smokers and non smokers
What kind of cancers are more likely to occur in pipe and cigar smokers than cigarette smokers?
Most likely some sort of mouth cancer. Buy, I smoke cigars as well as a pipe. In the end, I would much rather get reconstructive mouth surgery than die from lung cancer.
Outline about lung cancer?
Lung cancer is the leading cause of deaths because of cancer in the United States. Lung cancer kills more people each year than colon, prostate, ovarian, and breast cancers combined. Smokers have the greatest risk of lung cancer.
What age sex groups are more common to develop lung cancer?
Men over 50 smokers
Is it more likely you get lung cancer away when your young?
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Can inhaling in the salt mines help those with lung cancer?
More than likely not.
What is more common in smokers?
cancer, coughing, black lung, bad smell, emphasima, alergies, bad breath, yellow fingers, asthma, early death
What is the correlation between asbestos exposure and lung cancer?
Asbestos is a direct cause of lung cancer. This relationship was first determined in 1925. Nonsmokers exposed to asbestos are five times more likely to develop lung cancer than other nonsmokers.
How much of lung cancer is non-small cell lung cancer?
Well, honey, non-small cell lung cancer makes up about 85% of all lung cancer cases. So, if you're dealing with lung cancer, chances are it's more likely to be the non-small cell type. But hey, cancer is cancer, and it's all a pain in the butt no matter how you slice it.
What age group is most affected by lung cancer?
Lung cancer usually occurs in older people. The average age of people who are diagnosed with lung cancer is 70. 1Men are more likely to develop lung cancer than women but fewer men smoke now than in the past, so the death rate from lung cancer for men is decreasing. The death rate from lung cancer for women is leveling off after increasing for several decades.2Black men are more likely to develop lung cancer than men of any other racial group.White women and black women are about equally likely to develop lung cancer.The risk of dying from lung cancer is 20 times higher for women who smoke two or more packs of cigarettes a day than for women who do not smoke.3If you live with a smoker, you have 2 to 3 times the risk for lung cancer compared with a person who lives in a nonsmoking environment.4 About 25% of nonsmokers who develop lung cancer probably get it from being exposed to secondhand smoke.5ReferencesCitationsAmerican Cancer Society (2007). What are the key statistics for lung cancer? Detailed Guide: Lung Cancer-Non-Small Cell. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_What_Are_the_Key_Statistics_About_Lung_Cancer_15.asp?sitearea=.American Cancer Society (2007). Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, pp. 1-52. Atlanta: American Cancer Society. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2007PWSecured.pdf.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Women and smoking: A report of the Surgeon General. MMWR, 51(RR-12): 1-30.Theodore PR, Jablons D. (2006). Neoplasms of the lung section of Thoracic wall, pleura, mediastinum, and lung. In GM Doherty, LW Way, eds., Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 12th ed., pp. 377-389. New York: McGraw-Hill.Crawford J (2007). Lung cancer. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 12, chap. 8. New York: WebMD.http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/cancer/lung-cancer/who-is-at-risk
