Lung Cancer and Environmental Chemical Exposure: A Review of Our Current State of Knowledge With Reference to the Role of Hormones and Hormone Receptors as an Increased Risk Factor for Developing Lung Cancer in Man

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Lung cancer is a dominant cause of cancer mortality. The etiology of lung cancer is mainly related to cigarette smoking, airborne genotoxic carcinogens, and arsenic, but its sex-specific incidence suggests that other mechanisms, such as hormones, may also be involved in the process of carcinogenesis. A number of agents commonly present in the living environment can have dual biological effects: not only are they...

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