Air pollution may shorten the survival of patients with lung cancer, suggests a population based study, published online in the journal Thorax. 

The trends were most noticeable for early stage disease, particularly adenocarcinoma the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80% of lung cancer cases the findings show

Air pollution may shorten the survival of patients with lung cancer, suggests a population based study, published online in the journal Thorax. 

The trends were most noticeable for early stage disease, particularly adenocarcinoma the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80% of lung cancer cases the findings show.