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Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung is tobacco smoking. Other risk factors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, family history of lung cancer, radiation therapy to the chest, radon exposure, asbestos exposure and exposure to other chemical carcinogens.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung are the following:[1][2][3][4]
- History of cigarettes, cigars, or pipe smoking
- Secondhand or passive smoking
- Family history of lung cancer
- Genetic predisposition
- High levels of air pollution
- Radiation therapy to the chest
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Radon gas
- Occupational exposure to silica, asbestos, uranium, arsenic, chromium, or nuclear radiation
- Previous history of lung diseases
References
References
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- ↑ Hackshaw AK, Law MR, Wald NJ (October 1997). “The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke”. BMJ. 315 (7114): 980–8. PMC 2127653. PMID 9365295.
- ↑ Freudenheim JL, Ritz J, Smith-Warner SA, Albanes D, Bandera EV, van den Brandt PA, Colditz G, Feskanich D, Goldbohm RA, Harnack L, Miller AB, Rimm E, Rohan TE, Sellers TA, Virtamo J, Willett WC, Hunter DJ (September 2005). “Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies”. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 82 (3): 657–67. doi:10.1093/ajcn.82.3.657. PMID 16155281.
- ↑ Boffetta P (August 2004). “Epidemiology of environmental and occupational cancer”. Oncogene. 23 (38): 6392–403. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207715. PMID 15322513.
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