Lung Cancer: Risk Factors

Question 1

To what factor, does smoking increase your chance of getting lung cancer?

Answer 1

Factor of 10

(10 times more likely)

Question 2

What else can cause lung cancer?

Answer 2

• Asbestos - increases risk of lung ca by a factor of 5
• Arsenic
• Radon
• Nickel
• Chromate
• Aromatic hydrocarbon
• Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

Question 3

What, in particular does not cause lung cancer?

Answer 3

Coal dust

Icycocyonates.

Question 4

If you smoke and are exposed to asbestos, what does this do to your chase of getting lung cancer?

Answer 4

It increases it by 50%

Question 5

A diet rich in WHAT helps to reduce the risk of lung cancer in smokers.

Answer 5

Gruit and vegetables

Question 6

List the regions of the UK with from highest to lowest in terms of lung cancer.

(UK, Northern Ireland and Scotland)

Answer 6

1. Scotland
2. UK
3. NI

Question 7

What is the second most common cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking?

Answer 7

Radon exposure

Question 8

What is the most common form of lung cancer seen in non-smokers?

Answer 8

Adenocarcinoma

Question 9

What agre group is lung cancer most common in?

Answer 9

75-84 years.

Question 10

85% of cases of lung cancer occur in people over the age of what?

Answer 10

60 years