BMJ  2005;331:534 (10 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534-d

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Passive smoking increases children's risk of nasal cancer

Abergavenny Roger Dobson

Passive smoking in childhood may increase the risk of nasal cancer, says a study of children whose parents had lung cancer. The incidence of bladder and kidney cancer was also greater in the offspring, possibly as a result of exposure to tobacco carcinogens either in the womb or through breast feeding, say researchers writing online in the International Journal of Cancer on 10 August (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com, doi: 10.1002/ijc.21387).

Although the carcinogenic effects of active smoking have been seen at many sites, the effects of passive smoking and exposure in pregnancy and breastfeeding are less well documented, say the researchers.

The authors used the nationwide Swedish family cancer database from 1958 to 2002 to see whether the children of parents with lung cancer are at a risk of cancer that could not be explained by their smoking or familial risk. Most patients with lung cancer are . . . [Full text of this article]


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