Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
OR
The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
OR
Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
OR
Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung are the following:[1][2][3][4]
- History of cigarettes, cigars, or pipe smoking
- Secondhand or passive smoking
- Family history of lung cancer
- Genetic predisposition
- High levels of air pollution
- Radiation therapy to the chest
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Radon gas
- Occupational exposure to silica, asbestos, uranium, arsenic, chromium, or nuclear radiation
- Previous history of lung diseases
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
- Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
- [Risk factor 1]
- [Risk factor 2]
- [Risk factor 3]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
- [Risk factor 1]
- [Risk factor 2]
- [Risk factor 3]
References
- ↑ Henley SJ, Thun MJ, Chao A, Calle EE (June 2004). "Association between exclusive pipe smoking and mortality from cancer and other diseases". J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 96 (11): 853–61. PMID 15173269.
- ↑ Hackshaw AK, Law MR, Wald NJ (October 1997). "The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke". BMJ. 315 (7114): 980–8. PMC 2127653. PMID 9365295.
- ↑ Freudenheim JL, Ritz J, Smith-Warner SA, Albanes D, Bandera EV, van den Brandt PA, Colditz G, Feskanich D, Goldbohm RA, Harnack L, Miller AB, Rimm E, Rohan TE, Sellers TA, Virtamo J, Willett WC, Hunter DJ (September 2005). "Alcohol consumption and risk of lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 82 (3): 657–67. doi:10.1093/ajcn.82.3.657. PMID 16155281.
- ↑ Boffetta P (August 2004). "Epidemiology of environmental and occupational cancer". Oncogene. 23 (38): 6392–403. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207715. PMID 15322513.