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How does pollution cause lung cancer?

The link between lung cancer and air pollution was known, but the mechanism was obscure. This is no longer the case, a presentation of work by a team led by P. at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in Paris on Saturday, September 10.r: Charles Swanton, Oncologist, Francis Crick Institute (London).

Air pollution has been classified as a “certain carcinogen” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, an agency of the World Health Organization) since 2013. This is due to especially small particles (PM2.5, less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter), “can penetrate the bronchi and deep into the lungs, into the alveoli”says Dr: Suzette Delalog, MD, oncologist at Gustave-Roussy (Viljuiff) and director of the Interruption Program, a personalized cancer prevention program for people at risk. “The maximum recommended exposure limit is 25 micrograms (mcg) per cubic meter of air…

Source: Le Figaro

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