Lung Cancer Run in the Family
A new study in the October issue of Chest found that that having a first-degree relative with lung cancer nearly doubled the odds of developing lung cancer. The association was even stronger for women. Women who had a first-degree relative with lung cancer almost had triple the risk of lung cancer, while men with a first-degree relative with lung cancer had about a 70% higher risk.
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Does that mean our gene affects our possibility of having lung cancer?
Or perhaps it is just that we breathe in the smoke when our first-degree relatives are smoking.
3:58 AM
Handy. Something else to look forward to...
6:03 PM
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