A study including 17 cohorts with a total of more than 300,000 individuals found that ambient air pollution of various types contributes to lung cancer incidence across nine European countries. The new study, known as ESCAPE, analyzed data from a number of cohorts across Europe featuring patients with a wide range of exposure levels to pollution. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Raaschou-Nielsen O, et al. Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE). The Lancet Oncology, Early Online Publication, 10 July 2013.
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