Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Johnson University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Lung cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in most countries, and the main cancer-related cause of mortality worldwide in both sexes combined.The geographic and temporal patterns of lung cancer incidence, as well as lung cancer mortality, on a population level are chiefly determined by tobacco consumption, the main aetiological factor in lung carcinogenesis.Other factors such as genetic susceptibility, poor diet, occupational exposures and air pollution may act independently or in concert with tobacco smoking in shaping the descriptive epidemiology of lung cancer. Moreover, novel approaches in the classification of lung cancer based on molecular techniques have started to bring new insights to its…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 15.25
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 124
Authors
5- JMJyoti MalhotraCorresponding
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Johnson University, Tisch Hospital, Rutgers Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- MMMatteo Malvezzi
University of Milan, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
- ENEva Negri
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
- CLCarlo La Vecchia
University of Milan
- PBPaolo Boffetta
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Topics & keywords
- Lung cancer
- Medicine
- Etiology
- Cancer
- Risk factor
- Incidence (geometry)
- Population
- Carcinogenesis
- Good health and well-being