Study probing link between silica and lung cancer offers new clue

20/5/2015

anew study uncovers a crucial clue about the link between exposure to crystalline silica - which, if prolonged, causes the progressive lung disease silicosis - and a form of lung cancer.

The team, from the University of Louisville, KY, reports the findings in the journal Nature Communications.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/293259.php