The ASCO Post: Mechanism Linking Air Pollution to Lung Cancer Identified
Although air pollution is associated with lung cancer, not much has been known about how one leads to the other. For the first time, researchers have identified a mechanism by which particulate matter in the air triggers non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in people who have never smoked. Moreover, the same air pollutants linked to climate change are implicated in the development of NSCLC in never-smokers, according to these findings.
