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Article: Diet may help protect nonsmokers (even smokers) against lung cancer.
- Article from:
- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Lung cancer is becoming more pervasive, striking celebrities like Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve and likely one of your own friends or relatives--some of whom may have never smoked. Unlike breast and prostate cancers, which strike more people, lung cancer is particularly lethal; it's the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. In fact, although it accounts for only 13% of cancer diagnoses, lung cancer is responsible for almost a third of all cancer deaths, due mainly to late detection and ineffective therapies.
What causes lung cancer? Few secrets there. Cigarette smoking is by far the main risk factor, blamed for about 87% of lung cancer deaths. But ...
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