Onkológia 1/2006
EPIDEMIOLOGY, AETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND SCREENING OF LUNG CANCER
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death globally. Smoking causes about 90 % of all lung cancer cases. „Passive“, i.e. involuntary smoking has been confirmed to enhance the risk of lung cancer in exposed people. Individual susceptibility is one of important factors in lung cancer formation. New knowledge in epidemiology and aetiology of lung cancer gives new possibilities in diagnostic and screening of this disease. Results of large randomised trials aimed at new technologies in lung cancer screening will be available in a few years.
Keywords: lung cancer, aetiology, diagnosis, screening.
