Lung cancer is linked with a range of possible causes and risk factors. A person may develop lung cancer due to exposure to chemicals or because of genetics. Sometimes there is no clear cause. People who never smoked and have no known long-term exposure to chemicals, for example, may still...
Lung cancer, disease characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells in the lungs. Lung cancer was first described in the mid-19th century. In the early 20th century it was considered relatively rare, but by the 21st century it had emerged as a leading cau
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Objective To analyse clinical characteristics, risk and prognosis factors for systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with lung cancer. Methods SSc patients with lung cancer admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from February 1992 to December 2018 were included. Age and sex﹎atched controls were...
work-related toxins like asbestos and air pollution are among top environmental risk factors for nonsmokers. Most people don’t realize they only need lungs to get lung cancer, says Dr. Philip Bonomi, a medical oncologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Here are nine more things...
Lung cancer: epidemiology and risk factors. 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 17 作者:JM Aronchick 展开 摘要: Author information: (1)Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104. 展开 DOI: 10.1016/0037-198X(90)90031-X 被引量: 10 ...
Xuanwei City (formerly known as Xuanwei County) locates in the northeastern of Yunnan Province and is rich in coal, iron, copper and other mines, especially the smoky (bituminous) coal. Unfortunately, the lung cancer morbidity and mortality rates in this region are among China's highest, with...
The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for disease recurrence and unfavorable prognosis after surgical resection for stage I non-small cell lung cancer in patients with tumor diameters of ≤20 mm. Methods One hundred sixty-three patients who had pathologic stage I non-small cell...
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