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- At Significantly Higher Risk
- • Cigarette smokers.
- • The male to female ratio is now 1.8 to 1. Peak incidence occurs between ages 60 and 75, with fewer than 1
- percent of cases under the age of 30 and about 40 percent of cases in people over 70.
- • Workers exposed to industrial substances such as asbestos, nickel, chromium compounds and uranium,
- especially those who smoke.
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- At Slightly Higher Risk
- • Patients with previous or existing lung disease.
- • Former smokers.
- • People exposed to second-hand smoke over many years.
- • People exposed to radon.
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