Lung Cancer Causes and Risk Factors

Smoking and secondhand smoke aren't the only causes of lung cancer. Learn how heredity, radon, asbestos exposure, and other factors can impact your risk.
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How the 9/11 Attacks Affected Cancer Prevalence
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Does Vaping Cause Lung Cancer?
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What Is The Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer?
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What Are Lung Cancer Biomarkers?
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What Is Nicotine?
Radon seeps into homes and can cause lung cancer
What Is Radon?
person smoking, one of the risk factors for lung cancer
Causes and Risk Factors of Lung Cancer
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Why Is Lung Cancer Increasing in Never-Smokers?
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Environmental Causes of Lung Cancer
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Smoking and Lung Cancer
Senior woman smoking
Pack Years of Smoking and Health Risks
Doctor listening to patients lungs
Is COPD a Risk Factor for Lung Cancer?
Woman coughing into a tissue
What Is Smoker's Cough?
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Is Lung Cancer Genetic?
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Does Smoking Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?
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Possible Causes of a Lung Mass
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Sidestream vs. Mainstream Smoke: Definition and Effects
A boy uses an inhaler for a breathing problem.
Does Asthma Raise the Risk of Lung Cancer?
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10 Tips for Lung Cancer Prevention
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What Is Thirdhand Smoke?
Radon Monitoring System in House Basement
Radon and Lung Cancer
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Cancer and Other Risks of Hookah Smoking
bartender pouring a tequila shot, does alcohol raise lung cancer risk?
How Alcohol Affects Lung Cancer Risk and Outcomes
hand refusing to take a cigarette, but is nicotine alone harmless?
The Link Between Nicotine and Cancer
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The Risk of Getting Lung Cancer From Granite Countertops
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Risk of Lung Cancer in Former Smokers
secondhand smoke from a lit joint
Secondhand Marijuana Smoke: Risks and Drug Testing
A person with a radon test on a table in their house (Tips to Perform a Radon Test)
What You Need to Know About Radon Testing
Cancer patient in hospice care.
What It Means to Have a Genetic Predisposition to Cancer