Summary:
Lung cancer is no longer limited to elderly smokers. In Lucknow, about 25% of cases now include young, non-dumpling women, which emphasize a hidden-hidden pollution and risk title. The next steps are important to increase monitoring, expand screening beyond smokers, and to address public awareness.
A new report by major medical institutions in Lucknow shows that about 25% of the lung cancer cases in the city are now young, non-smoking individuals, mainly women and children. Experts credits this growth for environmental pollution, indoor smoke and delayed diagnosis.
Key Points
• While smoking remains the main cause, emerging data shows that 15-20% lung cancer cases are in individuals globally in those who never smoked.
• In Lucknow, studies show that one-third of patients-There is no longer a history of 30%-Dhumrapan, in which the tendency affects younger women.
• Possible reasons include air pollution (PM2.5 levels regularly), second hand smoke, contact with cooking smoke, include radon and commercial pollutants.
Experts’ Insights
• Pro. Ved Parkash (KGMU): “This trend is especially exposed to air pollution, biomass smoke and second -hand tobacco smoke in women and children … women can also be more biologically weak.”
• Dr. Abhishek Kumar Singh (Medanta): “Secondhand smoke, industrial fumes, and poor ventilation increase risk. Chemicals in passive smoke can lead to asthma, bronchitis and various cancer.”
• Dr. Alok Gupta (Max Hospital): “Now we also observe ‘black lung changes’ in non-smoking people due to long-term pollutants such as asbestos and indoor cookstove smoke.”
• Dr. Dawar Masud Rizavi (Apollo): “Genetics may play a role in some cases, but here most risk factors can be prevented through better ventilation and awareness.
Global Trends
• Large-scale studies show that young women aged 30-49 years of age are experiencing the rate of lung cancer compared to men of the same age in many high-income countries, even when the smoking rate is the same.
• In smokers, women are two to three times more likely to develop lung cancer, often due to adenocarcinoma, while women can take genetic sensitivity such as EGFR or TP53 mutations.
• Environmental trigger-including radon, PM pollution, pAH from cooking, and domestic toxins-is firmly implicated in non-farming cases, especially among non-women
Prevention & Action
• Improve indoor air quality: Ensure adequate ventilation and reduce smoke from cooking or indoor sources.
• Limit the secondhand and domestic smoke, and reduce the contact with industrial pollutants and radon.
• Increase initial awareness: Recognize persistent cough, unexplained fatigue, chest pain, or shortness of breath and also follow with medical tests in non-makers.
• Support targeted research on environment, genetic and hormonal risk factors to develop accurate prevention strategies.
Disclaimer:
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