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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2016; 05(03): 095-103
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.187571
Review Article

Lung cancer in the Indian subcontinent

Vanita Noronha
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Rakesh Pinninti
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Vijay M. Patil
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Amit Joshi
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
Kumar Prabhash
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Abstract

Smoking tobacco, both cigarettes and beedis, is the principal risk factor for causation of lung cancer in Indian men; however, among Indian women, the association with smoking is not strong, suggesting that there could be other risk factors besides smoking. Despite numerous advances in recent years in terms of diagnostic methods, molecular changes, and therapeutic interventions, the outcomes of the lung cancer patients remain poor; hence, a better understanding of the risk factors may impact the preventive measures to be implemented at the community level. There is a lack of comprehensive data on lung cancer in India. In this review, we attempt to collate the available data on lung cancer from India.

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Epidemiology - India - lung cancer - nonsmokers


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28 December 2020

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