Increase in Lung Cancer Risk Post Exposure to Asbestos, Asbestosis and Smoking

The risk of lung cancer increases drastically with asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking, and cessation of smoking post asbestos exposure can cut down its risk significantly. "The interactions between asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking, and their influence on lung cancer risk are incompletely understood," said lead author Steven B. Markowitz, MD DrPH, professor of occupational and environmental medicine at the School of Earth (and) Environmental Sciences at Queens College in New York....