The concern is that if inflammation is a potent cause of lung cancer then any negligent cause of inflammation could be cited as a potential contributor to outcome. This research studied the effect on lung cancer risk of chronic inflammation arising from infection with a bacterium that causes mild pneumonia.
Evidence from:
H Koyi et al. APMIS. September (2001) Vol. 109, #9 p 572.
Inflammation is such a common response to environmental exposures that the need for specific carcinogens to cause cancer would be greatly reduced.
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