According to a new study, smoking cigarettes may increase development of advanced kidney cancer, the deadliest form of the disease.
Researchers claim that quitting smoking is the best method to reduce this increased risk.
"There is a clear relationship between heavier smoking and the development of advanced renal cell carcinoma," Dr. Thomas J. Polascik, director of Urologic Oncology at the Duke Cancer Institute, stated in a news release. "The good news is that smoking cessation can revert those risk factors over time. This should provide the public with another reason to quit smoking. It is not too late."
Duke researchers found that for every decade former smokers spent "smoke-free," it resulted in a 9 percent lower risk of development.
What do you think of this study? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Researchers claim that quitting smoking is the best method to reduce this increased risk.
"There is a clear relationship between heavier smoking and the development of advanced renal cell carcinoma," Dr. Thomas J. Polascik, director of Urologic Oncology at the Duke Cancer Institute, stated in a news release. "The good news is that smoking cessation can revert those risk factors over time. This should provide the public with another reason to quit smoking. It is not too late."
Duke researchers found that for every decade former smokers spent "smoke-free," it resulted in a 9 percent lower risk of development.
What do you think of this study? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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