Chronic Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection and Lung Cancer
Smoking, asbestos, silica, hexavalent chromium, nickel and radon have all been blamed for cases of lung cancer. Now there's a new paper from the National Cancer Institute implicating C. pneumoniae: "Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Risk for Lung Cancer". Be sure to note the significance of the finding that it's the marker of chronic infection with which a significantly increased risk of lung cancer is associated.
