Many lung cancer cases in nonsmokers: study
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Up to 20 percent of women who develop lung cancer have never smoked, U.S. researchers found in a study that suggests secondhand smoke may be to blame.
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Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20  cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New  Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung  cancers linked to cannabis.
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A large study of Japanese adults found  those with diabetes were more likely to develop cancer,  especially of certain organs such as the pancreas and liver,  researchers said on Monday.
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Breathing in secondhand smoke massively increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, an official report shows.
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MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Smoking may be an environmental trigger that activates pancreatic cancer in people with a family history of this usually fatal disease, a new study suggests.
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WASHINGTON  - Lung cancers among US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) could be linked to exposure to damaging substances from oil well fires or missile propellents, according to a report.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- A genetic mutation can leave some people vulnerable to lung cancer even if they never smoked, a new study finds.
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A simple breath test can sometimes detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Current and past smokers are at significantly increased risk for head and neck cancers such as cancers of the larynx (voice box), nasal passages/nose, oral cavity, and throat, says a U.S. National Cancer Institute study that looked at data collected on more than 476,000 men and women between 1995 and 2000.
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TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Decades after residents of a region in northern Chile were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, they still suffer from high lung and bladder cancer death rates, concludes a study by U.S. and Chilean researchers.
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Women who develop breast cancer are  no more likely to have aggressive or advanced tumors if they  are cigarette smokers than if they do not smoke, researchers  said on Sunday.
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A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer doesn't save lives or prevent advanced disease and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment
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Radon gas is responsible for a significant number of lung cancer deaths, research has found.
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Lack of sunlight may increase the risk of developing lung cancer, research suggests.
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20 November 2004 -- A new study says more than 800 people in northern Sweden may have cancer as a result of the fallout over the region from the Chornobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
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Using computerized scans to screen for lung cancer can help save lives and should be part of a regular checkup for people who have a high risk for the disease, a new study says.
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Passive smoking massively increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, an official report has confirmed. But ministers have sat on the explosive study amid fears it will lead to calls for an outright