Can you still get lung cancer 15 years after stopping smoking.? -
Can you still get lung cancer 15 years after stopping smoking.? -
and what other things can cause lung cancerBased on several studies, 20 per cent of lung cancers occur among non-smokers. Surprisingly,the risk is higher among women.There are several reasons attributed to this such as passive smoking, exposure to heavy metals, asbestos exposures ,hormones like high oestrogen and finally genetic predisposition .
Based on your genetic make up, if you are to develop lung cancer even smoking 2 cigarettes per week, you will develop the lung cancer.
It is not to threaten you but, giving you the fact.
Hope, this helpsMy Mother had Lung Cancer two years ago 25 years after giving up smoking ,
Thankfully it was found early and she had treatment .
So far the Cancer hasn-t returned so she was one of the lucky onesA chest X-ray can detect most lung tumours, although it may miss small ones. However, an X-ray shows only a shadow in the lung, which is NOT proof of cancer. Usually, a microscopic examination of a tissue specimen is needed. CT scanning is more advanced and can show small shadows that do not appear on chest X-rays.
It is true that many cancers that start elsewhere in the body can spread to the lungs, most commonly from the breast, colon, prostate, kidney, thyroid, stomach, cervix, rectum, testes, bone, skin. But that is a dark picture.
I smoked for a few years but stopped as soon as we had our first baby. Someone told me then that it takes seven years for all risk of lung cancer (from smoking) to disappear.
That was 33 years ago. My mother died of cancer, she never smoked, but she had an immensely stressful life with my father, and although it may not yet have been proved conclusively that prolonged and severe stress can cause cancer, I have my thoughts.
Take care. Speak to your GP, see if you can have CT scanning at your local hospital. But DON-T WORRY.It appears that the changes caused by smoking can linger. Also, there are other causes of lung cancer too.all type of cancer details just go and visit the url... all type of cancer details it hasnot always. and chemicals, asbestos. can give you cancer,or breathing the polluted airAnyone can contract lung cancer, you don-t have to have smoked to get it.
You stand a greater risk of getting it if you have smoked, that-s all.
Other causes? Family pre disposition, working with dangerous chemicals which can be inhaled etc.yeah liike the first person, anyone can get it. anyone can get any form of cancer , or most forms at least.yes you can, basically it means that you have probably had an extra 12 years as you would have developed it much earlier had you kept smoking. Over 95% of lung cancers are caused by smokingYes.
I developed cancer (not lung) as a direct result of smoking over TEN YEARS after I had quit...
The damage festers...Smoking can cause lung cancer no matter how many years of smoking.
You can catch lung cancer from a lot of things. Like inhaling fumes (exhaust, smoke, cigarette smoke).
You can get lung cancer from second-hand smoking.
The best thing for you do to do if you want to know a lot- a lot about it is to go here
http://wikipedia.com/lung_cancer
It-ll give you everything you want to know about it.you can get lung cancer and never smoke.No.Unless you get orperrated on.yes, smoking is one of the worst.
if your worried, speak to your gpAnyone has a change of getting lung cancer but chance is signifacantly lower for those people who don-t smoke. 1/100 non-smokers will be diagnosed with this disease by the age of 75, and 1/12 smokers will get this disease by the age of 75. But quitting is definitely a good idea as EVERY cigarette can contribute to cancer or a stroke.Around 90% of lung cancer cases are caused by tobacco smoking and, in addition tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of the following sites: upper aero-digestive tract (oral cavity, nasal cavity, nasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus), pancreas, stomach, liver, lower urinary tract (renal pelvis and bladder), kidney, uterine cervix and myeloid leukaemia.
Overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for approximately 30% of cancer deaths in developed countries, that is, 46,000 deaths in 2005 in the UK.
Current smokers are 15 times more likely to die from lung cancer than life-long non-smokers. Risk of developing lung cancer is affected by level of consumption and duration of smoking.
Compared with non-smokers, those who smoke between 1-14 cigarettes a day have eight times the risk of dying from lung cancer and those who smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day have 25 times the risk. However, risk is far more dependent on duration of smoking than consumption: smoking one pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years may be as much as 16 times more hazardous than smoking one pack a day for 10 years.
There is also evidence that starting to smoke at a young age carries additional risks of lung damage.
Smoking cessation has very significant health benefits even for people who have been smoking for many years.
A lifelong male smoker has a cumulative risk of 15.9% for developing lung cancer by age 75. For men who cease smoking at ages 60, 50, 40 and 30 years, their cumulative risk of dying from lung cancer falls to 9.9%, 6.0%, 3.0% and 1.7% respectively.
Other risk factors include passive smoking, air pollutant, radon gas (high in Cornwall), genes, industrial exposure (asbestos, metal, wool etc.).I know someone who just died of lung cancer 20 years after stopping.
I also had an Aunt who never smoked who died of it.Yes. And you can get lung cancer even if you never smoke.
Other baddies include; secondhand smoke, air polluntants, toxins, asbestos, fumes. And some believe that genetics may play a role.
Some things aren-t in your control. But you have a choice to be a smoker or not. Choose not; don-t ever smoke!Ya i know. If u want to know about lung cancer pls try this siteLung cancer can be caused quite simply from the air we breathe in a modern society. Smoking increases your odds, but that doesn-t mean its the only way to get it or that you can be completely protected by quitting.
It could be caused by any aggrevating chemical in the air: mold, asbestos, popcorn flavoring (popcorn lung), or anything your body develops an allergy/immune reaction to.you can get lung cancer even if you never smoked, passive smoking, and
working near asbestos,Yes, youre going to die.