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How much you Know the Causes of Lung Cancer?



Lung cancer is one of the serious cancer of limbs of the body. There is no reason to think that you are healthy now, so you will not have cancer in future. We can be affected by lung cancer easily. Especially, some of our wrong activities and different types of unhealthy factors are increasing the risks of lung cancer. In most cases, these unhealthy reasons remain unknown to us.

Smoking: 
It is known to all that smoking increases the possibility of cancer. But the problem is, the process is very slow. For this reason, smokers cannot realize that their smoking habit is leading them to death. A study in the USA has found that smoking is responsible for 90% of lung cancer.

Passive Smoking: 
If your friend is a smoker and you are a nonsmoker, mind it that your friend is doing harm to himself and you as well. The reason is, those who smoke and those who stay around them and come in contact with smoke, they also live in high risk of cancer. 

Radon: 
Radon is a chemical element that creates harmful influence when it is exposed to human body. Radon is seen to be produced underground where air and light cannot reach. Those who work below the ground or in the deep underground mines, and dig or this kind of task, they come in contact with radon at risk of lung cancer.

Different types of chemicals: 
Because of excessive exposure to the elements such as - asbestos, arsenic, nickel, chromium etc. the risk of lung cancer increases manifold. Factory workers should be careful all the time.

The families where cancer patients live or lived: 

Those who live in a family where there were cancer patients or are cancer patients, are at risk of cancer. Especially, cancers like lung cancer that can affect easily. So, if there is a family history of cancer, all the family members should have regular check-up not neglecting it.

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