Premature menopause due to medical interventions could put women at an increased risk of getting lung cancer. Researchers believe that hormonal factors may play a role in enhancing the the impact of tobacco carcinogens.

The new study from the Université de Montréal and INRS—Institut Armand-Frappier was published in the International Journal of Cancer. Study participants at 18 hospitals across Montreal, Quebec, Canada included 422 women with lung cancer and 577 control subjects. Researchers obtained detailed smoking information from all study participants.
“We found that women who experienced non-natural menopause are at almost twice the risk of developing lung cancer compared to women …read more