Air pollution is emerging as a major cause of lung cancer in non-smokers, damaging lung tissue much like smoking. Experts ...

A recent appreciation of lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) has raised concerns about global incidence and mortality.

People living in high pollution areas may rack up DNA glitches that trigger lung cancer, scientists suggest July 2 in Nature. Those glitches can include mutations that hobble the very genes that ...

According to the World Health Organisation, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with highest ...

PM2.5 air pollution and mutations in the EGFR gene are major drivers behind the increasing incidence of lung cancer among non ...

Lung cancer appears to mutate more in patients living in areas with higher levels of fine-particulate air pollution, such as that released by vehicles and air pollution. This is the conclusion of ...

Doctors and researchers highlight multiple factors fuelling the crisis — exposure to second-hand smoke, vehicular and ...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study ...

Delhi faces a lung cancer crisis fueled by hazardous air quality, as highlighted on Lung Cancer Day. The APAC Consensus ...

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study ...

UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among ...

To do so, they analyzed lung tumors from 871 never-smokers in 28 regions with varying levels of air pollution, across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Utilizing whole-genome sequencing, the ...