Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Trusha Tank, M.D.[2]
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
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- ↑ Boffetta P (August 2004). "Epidemiology of environmental and occupational cancer". Oncogene. 23 (38): 6392–403. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207715. PMID 15322513.