Smoking women are more likely to have cancer of the blood
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Smoking of women sharply increases the risk of developing certain types of blood cancer, immune system and bone marrow, according to scientists from Oxford University (Great Britain), who analyzed data on 1.3 million middle-aged women who participated in the UK Million Women Study.
For more than ten years of observations, 9,000 subjects developed leukemia, cancer of the immune system or bone marrow. One of the listed oncode-dougs struck six of every thousand who never smoked women, and nearly eight women out of a thousand became victims of cancer.
It was also found out that the risk of developing Hodgkin's lymphoma and some types of bone marrow cancer is two times higher in those of the fairer sex who smoke about 20 cigarettes a day. The likelihood of other types of blood cancer in owners of bad habits is also increased, but to a much lesser extent.
The results add to the evidence that smoking affects the risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma, and shed light on the relationship of addiction with the development of other types of lymphoma, leukemia and bone marrow cancer.
The results of the study are published in the British Journal of Cancer.
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