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  • Title: Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and EGFR and ALK alterations in never smokers' lung cancer. Results from the LCRINS study.
    Author: Torres-Durán M, Ruano-Ravina A, Kelsey KT, Parente-Lamelas I, Leiro-Fernández V, Abdulkader I, Provencio M, Abal-Arca J, Castro-Añón O, Montero-Martínez C, Vidal-García I, Amenedo M, Golpe-Gómez A, Martínez C, Guzmán-Taveras R, Mejuto-Martí MJ, Fernández-Villar A, Barros-Dios JM.
    Journal: Cancer Lett; 2017 Dec 28; 411():130-135. PubMed ID: 28987389.
    Abstract:
    Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a main risk factor of lung cancer in never smokers. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations and ALK translocations are more frequent in never smokers' lung cancer than in ever-smokers. We performed a multicenter case-control study to assess if ETS exposure is associated with the presence of EGFR mutations and its types and if ALK translocations were related with ETS exposure. All patients were never smokers and had confirmed lung cancer diagnosis. ETS exposure during childhood showed a negative association on the probability of EGRF mutation though not significant. Exposure during adulthood, at home or at workplace, did not show any association with EGFR mutation. The mutation type L858R seemed the most associated with a lower probability of EGFR alterations for ETS exposure at home in adult life. There is no apparent association between ETS exposure and ALK translocation. These results might suggest that ETS exposure during childhood or at home in adult life could influence the EGFR mutations profile in lung cancer in never smokers, reducing the probability of presenting EFGR mutation.
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