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Hi Lynette - These results would come as no surprise to those who spend any time around lung cancer patients and survivors. Just yesterday I was with a 35-year-old man who developed lung cancer at age 30, and spent two years in treatment. He's never smoked, but was exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke from his parents and grandparents as a child. The studies are significant - finding an association between childhood exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and increased incidents of lung cancer in adulthood, as well as that MBL2 inactivity was associated with an heightened risk among those exposed to secondhand smoking in childhood. Thanks for this important information! Pat

December 10, 2009 - 5:14pm

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