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Lung Cancer
Medical Oncology · Oncology
Severe
Severity
Very common — one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Medical Oncology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Predominantly caused by long-term exposure to cigarette smoke
- 2which damages the DNA of lung cells and leads to malignant transformation. Other significant risk factors include exposure to secondhand smoke
- 3radon gas
- 4asbestos
- 5air pollution
- 6and occupational carcinogens
- 7along with genetic predisposition in a smaller proportion of cases.
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