With more than 46,000 new cases estimated in 2018, lung cancer is one of the most common, in both men and women. It most often develops from cells of the bronchi. Depending on the origin of these cells, a distinction is made between "non-small cell lung cancer" (NSCLC) - almost 85% of lung cancer - and "small cell lung cancer", much less frequent but often more aggressive.
What risks?
Smoking, active or passive, is by far the leading cause of lung cancer. It can, in fact, generate successive genetic mutations in the bronchial cell. "These mutations are the cause of molecular abnormalities, beyond the control of the immune system, which leads to the anarchic development of the cancer cell and the evolution towards lung cancer", explains Dr. Didier Debieuvre, pulmonologist, specialist in thoracic oncology at the Hospital Group of the Mulhouse and South Alsace region (GHRMSA). According to
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