The new research links lunch cancer to two gene mutations derived from pollution.
You don’t smoke, hoping that will keep you safe from lung cancer, but that may not be the case according to a new study.
The invisible but mighty particles are typically found in vehicle exhaust, and smoke from fossil fuels and are associated with non-small cell lung cancer risk. They are responsible for over 250,000 lung cancer deaths globally per year.
It all has to do with mutations in two genes called EGFR and KRAS, which are seen in about half of people with lung cancer who have never smoked.
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