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How smoking sets the stage for lung cancer, glimpsed in new study
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- Chronic smoke exposure alters lung stem cells and weakens their safety mechanisms and local immune defences, creating a precancerous state; common KRAS and TP53 mutations triggered tumours only in smoke-conditioned tissue, showing how smoking primes cells for cancer
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Nov 2, 2026 · Updated 11/3/2026, 1:32:07 AM · Reported with: The Hindu Health
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