| Lung cancer is a serious health problem, it is essentially | | | | Some doctors also think that women who are |
| the growth of abnormal cells in the lungs. | | | | exposed to tobacco smoke, are more likely to have |
| This growth of unhealthy cells can start anywhere in | | | | lung cancer than men exposed to smoke. |
| the lungs. | | | | Researchers have found a gene called GRPR which |
| Lung cancer is actually the leading cause of cancer | | | | causes unusual cell growth in people exposed to |
| deaths in both men and women. Of those people who | | | | cigarette smoke. This gene is more active in women |
| contract lung cancer, less than half of them survive | | | | than in men and may explain why females are more |
| one year. The quicker you notice symptom and have it | | | | prone to lung cancer. |
| diagnosed, the quicker treatment can begin and the | | | | Some research has indicated a diet low in fruit and |
| odds improve. | | | | vegetables may increase the chances of developing |
| The leading cause of lung cancer is smoking. More | | | | cancer if exposed to tobacco smoke. Some evidence |
| than eighty five percent of people who have lung | | | | shows fruit and vegetables may protect against lung |
| cancer have gotten it from smoking. | | | | cancer. |
| If a person smokes a pack a day, they have twenty | | | | The final cause of lung cancer in healthy people is |
| times the risk of getting lung cancer or some other | | | | radon exposure. |
| serious health problem than a person who doesn't | | | | Radon is a gas which is naturally released from soil |
| smoke at all. | | | | and rocks. In closed spaces like caves, basements and |
| There are so many carcinogens in tobacco smoke | | | | other areas, it can become concentrated and cause |
| that they constantly damage the healthy cells of the | | | | lung cancer or other health problems. It is always a |
| lungs, and the risk goes up for smokers depending on | | | | good idea to have a home checked for radon levels |
| how long they have smoked and how much they | | | | because there are things that can be done to lower |
| have smoked. | | | | them to more acceptable levels. |
| There are other causes of lung cancer for healthy | | | | The good news? |
| people who don't smoke | | | | When smokers quit smoking, their risk for getting lung |
| These causes include asbestos, which used to be | | | | cancer goes down immediately and continues to |
| used in building materials. It enters a healthy person's | | | | decrease every year that they don't smoke. |
| lungs by inhaling, and then attaches to the respiratory | | | | It is also an interesting fact that 25% of nonsmokers |
| lining. | | | | that get lung cancer live with smokers, so the |
| People who get lung cancer from asbestos exposure | | | | secondhand smoke is most likely the cause of their |
| usually get it from work or from living in an older home. | | | | lung cancer health issues. |