Quitting Smoking can Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer
Highlights:
- Quitting smoking at any age significantly reduces the risk of lung cancer
- Healthy lung cells lining the airways in ex-smokers have a protective role
- These healthy cells confer protection to other cells in the lungs, thereby reducing cancer risk
Quitting smoking reduces the risk of lung cancer in ex-smokers due to protective cells present in the lungs, reveals a new study conducted by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and University College London (UCL), UK.
This ground-breaking research, published in the prestigious journal Nature, found that people who had quit smoking, had genetically healthier lung cells compared to current smokers. Consequently, smokers who had quit were much less likely to develop lung cancer
‘Lung cancer risk can be significantly reduced in ex-smokers, as healthy lung cells confer protection to other cells lining the airways, thereby, reducing the risk of lung cancer.’
The research is part of the Mutographs Project, supported by a �20 million grant from Cancer Research UK's Grand Challenge Initiative. The researchers found that �DNA Signatures' were capable of pin-pointing the exact location of the lung damage, which helped to develop a better understanding of the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of lung cancer.
(https:www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2020-01-29-never-too-late-to-quit-protective-cells-could-cut-risk-of-lung-cancer-for-ex-smokers)
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Dr. Kaushik Bharati. "Quitting Smoking can Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer". Medindia. https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/quitting-smoking-can-reduce-risk-of-lung-cancer-192873-1.htm. (accessed Dec 22, 2024).
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Dr. Kaushik Bharati. 2020. Quitting Smoking can Reduce Risk of Lung Cancer. Medindia, viewed Dec 22, 2024, https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/quitting-smoking-can-reduce-risk-of-lung-cancer-192873-1.htm.