title: Recent developments in the epidemiology of lung cancer.
abstract: Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and also the most common tumor worldwide. Changes in the distribution of histologic types over the past two decades in the United States, as well as high rates of lung cancer in certain subpopulations, require explanation. While cigarette smoking and specific occupational exposures are firmly established as important risk factors for lung cancer, recent work provides evidence that other factors may play a role either as independent risk factors or as modifiers of the effect of smoking. This paper reviews the epidemiology of lung cancer, with an emphasis on developments in the past decade.
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461-1602.
authors: G C
authors: GC
authors: Kabat
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D015995:Prevalence; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D011886:Radon