Clinical Trial: AIRCARE (Air Pollution and Cancer Research Ecosystem): Center for Advanced Research on Environmental Health and Lung Cancer Risk

U.S., April 29 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07553598) titled 'AIRCARE (Air Pollution and Cancer Research Ecosystem): Center for Advanced Research on Environmental Health and Lung Cancer Risk' on April 21.

Brief Summary: In India, lung cancer is the 2nd most common in males and 4th overall in cancer incidence with 81,784 new cases and 75,031 deaths with a 5-year prevalence of 1,13,990 as per GLOBOCAN 2022. Air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter (PM2.5), has been identified as a significant risk factor for lung cancer in never-smokers. India is showing an increasing incidence of lung cancer and there is a need to understand air pollution given many cities in India have been reporte...