As it turned out, even people who do not smoke, vulnerable to lung cancer.
Despite the fact that most people think lung cancer is solely a consequence of Smoking, it is not so. Indeed over 80% of the victims of lung cancer is smokers, but with this terrible disease to face and people who don’t touch cigarettes, writes the Chronicle.Info, citing Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Experts call the four main reasons that drive non-smokers in the risk group:
1. Smoking relatives. It has long been proven that passive Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer. And who experts call a really frightening numbers: due to passive Smoking every year of life care 600 thousand people. A third of them are children who breathe cigarette smoke at home.
2. Hazardous industry. Another significant risk factor for lung cancer is the person’s profession. If he works at the plant where he has to inhale harmful substances, the risk of disease increases significantly.
3. Electronic cigarette. Do not think that if you’re using a hookah, a pipe or e-cigarette, it will protect you from cancer. Researchers from the University of Athens, for example, recently found that prolonged use of e-cigarettes increases the danger of lung tumors.
4. Genes. Another reason of the disease is insidious genes. Scientists believe that they directly or indirectly make a person predisposed to tumors.
By the WAY
In the regions around Chernobyl are suffering from cancer 3 times more often.
Experts from the National cancer Institute declare: in Kiev, Chernigov, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Volyn regions the biggest indicators on cancer incidence. The number of patients is twice and sometimes three times higher than the average Ukrainian indicators. Scientists attribute this to the fact that the regions are heavily covered by radiation during the Chernobyl accident.
– The incidence of cancer is growing throughout Ukraine, – says Elena Kolesnik, Director of the National cancer Institute. – It is important to note, is especially active in areas that are most affected by Chernobyl.
According to oncologists, each year the country registered more than 130,000 new cases of the disease in adults. Most die in Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad and Sumy regions. Men cancer often affects the respiratory tract (trachea, bronchi, lungs), and women – breast cancer. In second place – stomach cancer.
