LIFE-STYLE FACTORS AND HUMAN LUNG-CANCER - AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT ADVANCES (REVIEW)

This article presents a review on the association between certain life style characteristics and the risk for lung cancer in humans, using in formation derived primarily from epidemiological studies. Emphasis wil l be placed on more recently identified risk factors such as exposure to indoor air pollutants, psychosocial and behavioral influences, diet preferences, and fat intake. More traditional lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, occupation, and exposure to outdoor air pollutan ts will not be reviewed since their association with an increased risk for human lung cancer has been relatively well characterized and exte nsively reported. Evidence to date suggests that the indoor environmen t, life's events, and food choices may play a potentially important, a lbeit varying, role in the etiology of human lung cancer.