waltappel 1 #1 October 11, 2006 The short version is that a study found that lung cancer seems to have a hereditary component. Part of their conclusion was that having a family history of lung cancer, even though you don't smoke, puts you at greater risk than smoking. Rationalize away, smokers. clicky Walt Lung Cancer Can Be Hereditary, Even for Nonsmokers Tuesday, October 10, 2006 By Daniel J. DeNoon Having a close family member who's had lung cancer doubles your own risk for the disease -- even if you don't smoke. Screening, Treating and Surviving Lung Cancer The finding comes from a 13-year study of more than 102,000 Japanese men and women. Study participants were aged 40 to 69 at the start of the study. Over the study period, nearly 800 participants developed lung cancer. Jun-Ichi Nitadori, MD, and colleagues report in the October issue of the journal Chest that: --Having a parent or sibling with lung cancer doubles a person's risk of lung cancer. --The risk of inherited lung cancer is greater for women (2.65-fold risk) than for men (1.69-fold risk). --The risk of inherited lung cancer is greater for people who never smoked (2.48-fold risk) than for current smokers (1.73-fold risk). --Squamous cell carcinoma is the type of lung cancer most strongly linked to family history. --Only a family history of lung cancer -- not other kinds of cancer -- is linked to inherited lung-cancer risk. The increased risk of lung cancer among families cannot be explained simply by shared smoking habits, Nitadori and colleagues find. The Japanese findings support more than 40 years of previous studies suggesting that lung cancer risk can be inherited. These studies have been criticized for failing to completely control for smoking behaviors. And nobody has yet discovered a "lung cancer gene." But the consistency of the findings suggest that the time has come to add family history to the known risk factors, argues Wayne State University researcher Ann G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH, in an editorial accompanying the Nitadori study. "Family history should be tested as another marker of 'high risk' for lung cancer in [screening and prevention] trials," Schwartz suggests. Moreover, Schwartz suggests, current smokers might be more motivated to quit if they knew they had inherited higher lung cancer risk from their parents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 October 11, 2006 It never ceases to amaze me, they have known that it CAN be for years there are hundreds of non smokers diagnosed with lung cancer every yearYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #3 October 11, 2006 So the point being that if my grandmother died from lung cancer, I have a high possiblity of getting cancer too. So then why should I stop smoking again? I have HAD several friends die from Cancer that did not smoke! I guess I just don't give a f***. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #4 October 11, 2006 QuoteSo the point being that if my grandmother died from lung cancer, I have a high possiblity of getting cancer too. So then why should I stop smoking again? Because the world is a better place *with* you than without you. Having a family history of lung cancer doesn't guarantee that you will get it, but apparently it does indicate a higher risk. Wouldn't it make sense to not add things that cause additional risk, like smoking? How about if you don't smoke unless you are diagnosed with lung cancer? (and I hope you never are!!!!!) Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #5 October 11, 2006 "Wouldn't it make sense to not add things that cause additional risk, like smoking?" From my experience everything can be a risk, freakin' hot dogs, green M&M's!, who knows what the scientist will find next! Like I said I have seen several friends die from cancer, one being lung cancer and he didn't smoke what so ever. I figure your gonna die one way or another. Yeah I would like to quite BUT there is a history of smoking in my family AND here is the kicker...you sitting down? I enjoy it!!! I do not smoke in my house or around my kids, I try to keep second hand smoke away from them. But I smoke and I like it! BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #6 October 11, 2006 QuoteI have HAD several friends die from Cancer that did not smoke! I guess I just don't give a f***. Amen to that. If it isn't cigarettes, it will be a red hot dog, or living near power lines, or something they find out about next week, or next month, or next year. Smoking's just another decision you make, same as riding a cycle, or drinking and driving, or using a cell-phone in the car, or even...(GASP !) skydiving ! Why would anybody jump out of a plane ? Does it make the workld a better place ? It's been extremely well-documented that jumping causes lots of deaths.....why on earth would a person keep jumping, or driving, or riding, when all those activities are known to be dangerous ? Because it's a decision some people make. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #7 October 11, 2006 But smoking is a nasty, discusting, filthy habit.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #8 October 11, 2006 Ok, here's something I don't understand. Smoking opium or weed or crack will get you high. Cigarettes don't, so why bother? What does smoking do for you? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #9 October 11, 2006 QuoteBut smoking is a nasty, discusting, filthy habit. So's farting on a plane. So's picking a fight with someone just because they're smaller than you, or of a different ethnic background, or Canadian. So's the idea of a lone terrorist killing hundreds of innocents because some asshole with a following has persuaded him to do so. We've got bigger fish to fry on this planet. Don't worry.....I'll try to refrain from kissing you.....but take note that I only said "try". Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #10 October 11, 2006 QuoteI'll try to refrain from kissing you Hey... if the consequence of you kissing me, or you lighing one up in my house are the same, give it a go! Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewGPM 0 #11 October 11, 2006 "--The risk of inherited lung cancer is greater for people who never smoked (2.48-fold risk) than for current smokers (1.73-fold risk). " Am I reading this correctly? If one of your parents had lung cancer, smoking actually reduces your chance of getting lung cancer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #12 October 11, 2006 Quote"--The risk of inherited lung cancer is greater for people who never smoked (2.48-fold risk) than for current smokers (1.73-fold risk). " Am I reading this correctly? If one of your parents had lung cancer, smoking actually reduces your chance of getting lung cancer. I think they mean current smokers who do not have a family history of lung cancer. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #13 October 11, 2006 Smoking relaxes me. I like the taste. I smoke menthol. When I want to eat a bag of chips, a gallon of ice cream and a turkey sandwich, I light up a smoke. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jheadley 0 #14 October 11, 2006 The fear of lung cancer is maybe 10% of the reason why I don't smoke. Even if smoking were found "good" for you, I still wouldn't because it's smelly and disgusting. I get sick to my stomach every time I'm around it, or just get in a smoker's car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #15 October 11, 2006 Everytime one of you guys gets righteous about smokers and the damage they do to themselves, it only bolsters my resolve to die before the rest of you. www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #16 October 11, 2006 QuoteEverytime one of you guys gets righteous about smokers and the damage they do to themselves, it only bolsters my resolve to die before the rest of you. Hey, I wasn't getting self-righteous about it! Since I don't want to die until all my friends have, nothing personal here, but please do die before me. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #17 October 11, 2006 Deal! www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #18 October 11, 2006 (Darius puts a camel wide in his mouth)I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skytash 0 #19 October 11, 2006 but I can still look forward to living with emphysema in my old age tashDon't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is a special occasion. Avril Sloe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #20 October 11, 2006 My grandpa and aunt and great uncle and freaking everybody died of lung, breast, and skin cancers... Maybe I should start smoking. I mean I smoke about once per month right now, just when shit really hits the fan...but I guess I have one foot in the grave anyhoo, right? ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #21 October 11, 2006 QuoteMy grandpa and aunt and great uncle and freaking everybody died of lung, breast, and skin cancers... Maybe I should start smoking. I mean I smoke about once per month right now, just when shit really hits the fan...but I guess I have one foot in the grave anyhoo, right? No way! With a family history like that, I think the thing to do is eliminate the cancer factors that you *do* have control over and get really regular checkups. On the other hand, would you mind if a take out a huge term life insurance policy on you with me as beneficiary? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #22 October 11, 2006 QuoteBut smoking is a nasty, discusting, filthy habit. As if you don't have any nasty, disgusting, filthy habits yourself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #23 October 11, 2006 Yeah, but smoking screws with your body long before/if it kills you. You have less endurance if you smoke. so you can't run away from sabre tooth tigers as easily. I live in a town home. I can hear the woman next door begin every morning with a coughing fit. How can smokers go through that every morning without getting tipped off that hey, maybe smoking might possibly be harming me??? Also cigs smell & taste bad. They suck generally, so what's the point? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #24 October 11, 2006 Real men don't run from sabre toothed tigers.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #25 October 12, 2006 QuoteOn the other hand, would you mind if a take out a huge term life insurance policy on you with me as beneficiary? Why suure, go right ahead! -Um, there is the little problem of nobody willing to insure me due to family history and health, but I'm sure you can find somewhere to pay $85/month for a nice $15,000 policy. Thank God I got all of my policies from employers where they can't do require a medical!!! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
