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Review
. 2013 Sep;5 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S440-5.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.07.09.

Occupational exposure and lung cancer

Dionysios Spyratos  1 , Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Georgios Dryllis, Anastasios Kallianos, Aggeliki Rapti, Chen Li, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
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Review

Occupational exposure and lung cancer

Dionysios Spyratos et al. J Thorac Dis. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for male and the second most usual cancer for women after breast cancer. Currently there are available several non-specific cytotoxic agents and several targeted agents for lung cancer therapy. However; early stage diagnosis is still unavailable and several efforts are being made towards this direction. Novel biomarkers are being investigated along with new biopsy techniques. The occupational and environmental exposure to carcinogenic agents is an everyday phenomenon. Therefore until efficient early diagnosis is available, avoidance of exposure to carcinogenic agents is necessary. In the current mini-review occupational and environmental carcinogenic agents will be presented.

Keywords: Lung cancer; environmental exposure; occupational disease.

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