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Risk of inheriting lung cancer higher in women
11/Oct/2006: A 13-year long study has found that women with a family history of lung cancer are at a greater risk of inheriting the disease. This form of cancer is the most lethal of all cancers and is responsible for over 3 million deaths around the world, every year. Even though lung cancer affects predominantly men, its rate of occurrence in women has been increasing steadily in the last few decades.
Jun-Ichi Nitadori and colleagues at Wayne State University, Michigan, conducted this marathon study in which they analyzed the health of 102,000 Japanese men and women aged between 40 and 69 at the start of the study. During the study period, nearly 800 participants developed lung cancer, especially those who had a family history of lung cancer.
The study found that the risk of inheriting lung cancer is higher in women (2.65-fold risk), when compared to men (1.69-old risk). Another interesting fact that came out of this study was that the risk of inhering lung cancer is much higher in non-smokers (2.48-fold risk) than in smokers (1.73-old risk). One of the researchers involved in the study told that, having a close family member who had lung cancer, doubles the risk of this disease, even in non-smokers.
The findings of this study support many previous studies, which suggest that lung cancer could be inherited. Researcher Ann. G. Schwartz said that family history of this disease should be considered as a high risk factor in screening and prevention of lung cancer. The findings of this study are published in the October’s issue of the journal ‘Chest’.
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