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Lung cancer is common. In the UK, over 49,000 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, for instance.
An estimated 72% of lung cancer cases in the UK are caused by smoking. In addition, recent evidence suggests a link between cooking-oil fumes and the development of lung cancer.
A systematic review found that higher lifetime exposure to cooking-oil fumes was associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in never-smoking women in high-income countries.
Three papers were included in the systematic review, with a total of 3734 participants.
The study also delineated the risk associated with cooking-oil fumes by factors such as “cooking time-years” – measuring exposure to cooking fumes over a participant’s lifetime – to further identify specific cooking behaviours associated with lung cancer development.
The study authors stated: “Exposure to cooking fumes is linked to lung cancer due to the levels of carcinogens that can be produced during the heating of oils to high temperatures.”
For more details concerning the risk of cooking-oil fumes and the development of lung cancer, see GPnotebook.
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