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Journal Article 
Review 
Epidemiology of lung cancer - ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition) 
Alberg, AJ; Ford, JG; Samet, JM 
2007 
Yes 
Chest
ISSN: 0012-3692
EISSN: 1931-3543 
132 
3 
29S-55S 
English 
17873159 
WOS:000249889400004 
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to summarize the published literature concerning the epidemiology of lung cancer.

METHODS: A narrative review of published evidence was conducted, identifying and summarizing key reports that describe the occurrence of lung cancer in populations and factors that affect lung cancer risk.

RESULTS: In the United States, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, even though an extensive list of modifiable risk factors has long been identified. The predominant cause of lung cancer is exposure to tobacco smoke, with active smoking causing most cases but passive smoking also contributing to the lung cancer burden.

CONCLUSIONS: The reductions in smoking prevalence in men that occurred in the late 1960s through the 1980s will continue to drive lung cancer mortality rates downward in men during the first portion of this century, but rates in women have not yet begun to decrease. Fortunately, exposures to major occupational respiratory carcinogens have largely been controlled, but the population is still exposed to environmental causes of lung cancer, including radon, the second leading cause of lung cancer death. 
air pollution; asbestos; cigarette smoking; epidemiology; lung cancer; nutrition; occupation; passive smoking; radiation; tobacco 
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