In lung cancer, smokers have 10 times more genetic damage than never-smokers

Lung cancer patients with a history of smoking have 10 times more genetic mutations in their tumors than those with the disease who have never smoked, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Govindan R, et al. Genomic landscape of non-small cell lung cancer in smokers and never-smokers. Cell 2012; 150(6):1121-1134.