Can a 20 or 25- year old get lung cancer? They have both been light smoker for about 4 years. I ask this because on "thank you for smoking" there was a 16-year old kid who had lung cancer.
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~~I dont think there is a minimal age. Anyone can get lung cancer, and lung cancer is not only caused by being a smoker. There are environmental hazards that contribute as well.
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It maters what state you live in. Seriously, there is no minimal age, but because it it a disease associate with exposure, the older you are, the more exposure you will have, are therefore increases the chance of getting it.
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It can happen at any age, but the more exposure you have over time, the higher the odds. My dad quit at age 40 and they told him after 40 years he would be fine - too much time had passed. At 82 he got it - he was lucky and survived with surgery and chemo but he went through total hell to do it. Two other family members have been sick from smoking ( a heart attack, emphysema and a stroke). Please quit.
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There is primary lung cancer which older adults generally have and of which most people think of as 'lung cancer'. The piece you are missing is that metastatic cancer of ANY kind can travel to the lung and create a secondary cancer in the lung. Thus, anyone with metastatic cancer at any age can have lung cancer as well as brain cancer and liver cancer. In general, metastatic cells follow the blood sytem route . .which means the places that receive the most blood often end up with mets to that area. The lung, liver, and brain are the most areas for metastatic cancer to travel to. Thus a 16 year old would probably not have a primary lung cancer, his lung cancer is probably a secondary metastatic nodule or tumor. Remember that metastatic means that the original cancer cells can move anywhere in the body and start a brand new cancer . . however, that new cancer is still made up of that first type of cell (ie a bone cancer cell goes to the lung . .is still a bone cancer cell, but now it is growing in the lung.) It would be unusual for a child or teen to have a primary lung cancer, but it can happen. It would usually be a different type of lung cancer though than what affects an adult.
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There isn't a minimal age! Even 1 year olds can get cancer! I would say smokers have a lot better chance of getting cancer but thats not always true! My grandmother died 6 years ago from lung cancer and she didn't smoke a day in her life!
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