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Dr. Paolo Boffetta: Doctors Seek New Ways To Diagnose Lung Cancer In Its Earliest Stages

  • NY Daily News
  • New York, NY
  • (April 27, 2011)

Lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, though the incidence of lung cancer has been dropping for the past 30 years. "The cause of lung cancer is a relatively easy issue: The main environmental factor is smoking," says Dr. Paolo Boffetta from Mount Sinai. "Smokers are at least 10 times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers." Learn More

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