At this week’s American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting, researchers presented data which supports that women require less exposure to tobacco in order to increase their risk of colorectal cancer. Heavy smokers were almost twice as likely to develop significant colorectal cancer than women who were not exposed to tobacco smoke. The researchers also found that smoking can raise the risk of pancreatic pre-cancerous growths, especially in people who have a strong family history of the pancreatic cancer. Read more. Share your opinion.
Tags: Cancer, colorectal, gastroenterology, pancreas, smoke, smoking, tobacco
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:43 am
I think smoking increases all cancers, but my husband died of Colorectal Cancer and really suffered with it for almost five years. He never smoked in his life and no-one in our family did. He also didn’t drink, but he was addicted to sweets and towards the end he was given insulin twice a day. I think smoking should be treated just like substance abuse,