Carcinogenesis

An average of 23,000 men and 4,500 women in Turkey are diagnosed with lung cancer every year, according to data by the country's Health Ministry.

Tobacco use causes around 80-90 percent of lung cancer cases, the data showed as the world observes Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

The Romanian Presidency at the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement regarding the reduction of the exposure of workers to carcinogens and mutagens, informs the Council of European Union on Tuesday.

Cancer incidence rates in Turkey are "somewhat" above the world average, but below that of European countries, the head of Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, Prof. Dr. Mahmut Gümüş, has said.

Earlier today, a California Superior Court judge issued a ruling that's bound to stress out lots of java drinkers—even if it probably shouldn't. Companies like Starbucks will have to tell customers that their coffee can potentially cause cancer.

Checks for asbestos, which is considered carcinogenic material by the World Health Organization, is only obligatory in seven of the Istanbul districts ahead of demolition works, experts have warned.

Nearly every fourth of every ten cases of cancer in the United States (42%) are due to poor lifestyle choices, including smoking, poor nutrition and other avoidable factors. This shows a new study by American scientists, which calculates the contribution of several so-called variable risk factors for the onset of cancer, reports actualno. 

A new method capable of mapping out the damage caused to DNA by cigarette smoking for the first time has been developed by Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar, the 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and his team from the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine. 

People living within a 2-kilometer radius of a recycling factory in Aspropyrgos that caught fire last year have a 13 percent increased risk of developing cancer, according to the coordinator of CROME-LIFE, the Cross-Mediterranean Environment and Health Network, whose findings were presented on Tuesday in Athens.

Everybody knows that smoking is bad for you.  After all, look at the statistics.  According to the Center for Disease Control, it is responsible for 87% of lung cancer cases and one out of three cancer cases overall, resulting in circa 6 million deaths a year worldwide.

BELGRADE - Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker's lung cells each year.

The findings come from a study of the devastating genetic damage, or mutations, caused by smoking in various organs in the body.