This latter finding is the focus of Murin's current research. It's a matter of some interest since, for all its noxious impacts, cigarette smoking is not a risk factor for breast cancer. You read that right. Women who puff away have a greater chance of developing lung cancer, head and neck cancer, heart disease, emphysema and dozens of other ailments - but not breast cancer. But according to a study Murin recently completed that is supported by other research, women smokers diagnosed with breast cancer have a statistically higher risk of breast cancer spreading to the lungs.
Anytime cancer spreads to a distant site, it's more difficult to treat and more likely to be fatal.
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