{"id":2208,"date":"2015-11-03T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2015-11-02T21:29:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T02:29:50","slug":"incidence-of-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers-rises-to-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/03\/incidence-of-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers-rises-to-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Incidence of Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Rises to 15%"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1069\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MC9004387481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MC9004387481-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lung Cancer On The Decline\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MC9004387481-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MC9004387481.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rise in Lung Cancer in Non Smokers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smoking tobacco has long been a known risk factor for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/newissels\/cancer-cases\/#Lung\">lung cancer<\/a>. Surprisingly, as smoking rates have declined, non-smokers have accounted for a higher percentage of lung cancer cases. In addition, these patients are more likely to be women.<\/p>\n<p>Data comes from studies in Great Britain and the United States involving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/lung-cancer\/news\/20150910\/nonsmokers-account-for-rising-proportion-of-lung-cancer-cases-studies-find\">non-small cell cancer<\/a>, which constitutes 85 to 90 percent of all lung cancer cases. This type is aggressive and usually detected at a later stage, particularly in non-smokers who are not screened as often due to fewer risk factors.<\/p>\n<p>Over a seven-year period, British researchers discovered that the percentage of never-smokers with lung cancer more than doubled from 13 percent to 28 percent. Subjects included 2,170 patients between 2008 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Their American counterparts had similar results in a study of lung cancer patients between 1990 and 2013. According to lead researcher Dr. Lorraine Pelosof, nine percent of non-small cell patients between 1990 and 1995 were never-smokers. In the period of 2011-2013, the percentage had grown to nearly 15 percent.<\/p>\n<p>At present, researchers are stumped as to the reason for these increases, or why <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/lung-cancer-grows-in-women-and-may-surpass-breast-cancer\/\">women are more susceptible<\/a>. Ongoing studies are focusing on genetic risk and family history as possible causes in the absence of tobacco use. Dr. Pelosof also commented on the need to confirm her team&#8217;s findings, noting limitations such as the smoking history of subjects being self-reported.<\/p>\n<p>Our Issels\u00ae immuno-oncology protocols take into account your lifestyle, genetic history, environment and other factors that affect your case. The result is a personalized, non-toxic course of treatment that addresses your specific needs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/newissels\/treatment-summary\/\">Visit our website<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking tobacco has long been a known risk factor for lung cancer. Surprisingly, as smoking rates have declined, non-smokers have accounted for a higher percentage of lung cancer cases. In addition, these patients are more likely to be women. Data comes from studies in Great Britain and the United States involving non-small cell cancer, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/03\/incidence-of-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers-rises-to-15\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Incidence of Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Rises to 15%<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,203,204],"tags":[259,256,475],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-care-tips","category-cancer-research","category-living-with-cancer","tag-fighting-cancer","tag-lung-cancer","tag-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}