Risk Factors for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Poland: A Large-Scale, Population-Based Case-Control Study.
Anna LewandowskaTomasz LewandowskiBarbara ZychKatalin PappDana ZrubcováSerap Ejder ApayMałgorzata NagorskaPublished in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2022)
Active and passive smoking, are a leading risk factor for lung cancer, which shows that understanding of the long-term and fatal effects of smoking is still very low in society. No significant correlation has been found between lifestyle and risk of lung cancer. However, there was a strong positive correlation between tuberculosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the risk of lung cancer. Occupation is a predisposing factor for lung cancer occurrence.