dadstimeon Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/f ... ancer.html By Henry J. Fishman, M.D. ConsumerAffairs.Com December 22, 2005 A family history of lung cancer may be more significant for blacks than whites. That's the conclusion of some research carried out at Wayne State University. Detroit researchers found that having a parent, grandparent or sibling with lung cancer before the age of 50 poses a higher risk for blacks than whites. Researchers tracked more than 7,500 first-degree relatives of 700 people who developed lung cancer at an early age. They compared them with a cancer-free control group. By age 70, 25 percent of blacks who were smokers and had a close relative with lung cancer developed cancer versus only 17 percent of white. Blacks with a family history of lung cancer were twice as likely to develop lung cancer as whites, after factoring in other risk factors. Conclusion: Black smokers may be genetically more likely to develop lung cancer than white smokers. All smokers should quit. But blacks with a family history of lung cancer should be especially cancer-conscious and be sure to give up smoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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