NIH study finds particulate air pollution significantly increases mutations in lung cancer cases among nonsmokers, raising ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing factor. A genome study has now found that outdoor smog and soot are strongly ...

A meta-analysis of nearly 3.9 million participants shows people with allergies have significantly lower odds of developing ...

New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

Most cases of never-smokers’ lung cancer treatable with mutation-targeting drugs. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 09 / 210930171022.htm.

Lung cancer, the second-most common cancer in the U.S., is often associated with smoking — but even those who have never had ...

Lung cancer can be hereditary if you have gene mutations such as KRAS or EGFR, which increase your risk. The biggest risk factor for lung cancer is smoking, which causes 80 percent of all lung ...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) develops in lung tissues, but when it's metastatic, it has spread to distant areas of the ...

New treatments may stall lung cancer progression in patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations. After spending a warm spring day in 2022 pulling weeds and planting perennials, Renata Muller, 66, ...

June 6, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — The treatment of lung cancer is undergoing a revolution. The clinical guidelines for nonsmall-cell lung cancer have just been changed to incorporate genetic ...