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Does Smoking Increase The Risk Of Getting Cancerous Lumps?

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Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2015
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Question : Did not really understand the second sentence " if you do smoke the risk the lumps are cancer are noticeable.
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Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (4 hours later)
Brief Answer:
If you smoke, there is higher risk this lumps are cancerous.

Detailed Answer:
This means that if you smoke the risk of lungs cancer is increased. And the chance the lumps found in the CT are cancerous are a little bit higher.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Does Smoking Increase The Risk Of Getting Cancerous Lumps?

Brief Answer: If you smoke, there is higher risk this lumps are cancerous. Detailed Answer: This means that if you smoke the risk of lungs cancer is increased. And the chance the lumps found in the CT are cancerous are a little bit higher.