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Title: |
Smoking & Lung Cancer |
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| Edited by: |
Evelyn N Powers, Jasmina B Cabbot |
| ISBN10-13: |
1606923676 : 9781606923672 |
| Illustrations: |
tables |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
246 |
| Weight: |
.710 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2009 |
| List Price: |
115.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Oncology |
| Smoking responsible for 90% of cancer deaths. Incidence of lung cancer is rising. Lung cancer is responsible for more cancer deaths than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer primarily strikes people over age 45. By the time that an individual develops symptoms, spread has usually occurred. Lung cancer is directly related to smoking. Over 40 carcinogens have been identified in cigarette smoke. The risk of developing lung cancer is directly related to the number of cigarettes smoked. The change in consumption from unfiltered high tar cigarettes to filtered low tar cigarettes parallels the change in incidence from squamous cell carcinoma to adenocarcinoma. There is a long interval between quitting smoking and elimination of lung cancer risk. Up to 40% of newly diagnosed lung cancer occurs in former smokers. (median abstinence duration 9 years). This book presents the latest research in the field from around the world. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Screening for Lung Cancer: Benefit or Harm; Smoking and Lung Cancer; Smoking and Prognosis of Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; Inseperable Duet of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin and Neutrophil Elastase in Lung Cancer Development; Increasing Trend of Lung Cancer in Serbia: The Prospectus of a Developing Country in Transition; Lung Cancer Screening: Rationale, Fundamental Principles for Interpretation, and Ethical Considerations; Genetic Susceptibility to Second-Hand Smoke; Passive Smoking as a Conditioner of Food Habits and Nutritional Status: Repercussions on Health; Women and Lung Cancer: A Neglected Epidemic; Perspectives on Smoking and Radon Related Lung Cancers; Index. |
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