Air pollution linked to heart disease, cancer risk, likely via shared risk factors

Air pollution exposure may contribute to both CV and cancer risk by interacting with various common risk factors such as inflammation, oxidative stress and epigenetic modifications, according to a state-of-the-art review.
Xiaoquan Rao, MD, PhD, cardiologist at Tongji Hospital at the Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, China, and colleagues issued a state-of-the-art review on the effects of air pollution as a shared risk factor for both CVD and cancer, which was published in JACC: CardioOncology.
“The review underscores the critical need to consider environmental factors, especially air

Air pollution exposure may contribute to both CV and cancer risk by interacting with various common risk factors such as inflammation, oxidative stress and epigenetic modifications, according to a state-of-the-art review.
Xiaoquan Rao, MD, PhD, cardiologist at Tongji Hospital at the Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, China, and colleagues issued a state-of-the-art review on the effects of air pollution as a shared risk factor for both CVD and cancer, which was published in JACC: CardioOncology.
“The review underscores the critical need to consider environmental factors, especially air