Air pollution and traditional herbal medicines could be major risk factors contributing to the development of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking, a groundbreaking new study has found.

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a new study has ...

A recent appreciation of lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) has raised concerns about global incidence and mortality. LCINS accounts for an estimated 25% of all lung cancers. Exposure to secondhand ...

Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked, showing that some other factors beyond just smoking are at work. New ...

You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

Reductions in tobacco smoking have led to lower rates of lung cancer in many places. But people who have never smoked still get lung cancer. In fact, globally, their numbers are proportionally on the ...

What if the air you breathe every day is silently increasing your risk of a life-threatening disease? In bustling Indian urban areas with heavy traffic and rapid growth, air quality is a growing ...