NNAL Levels Indicator of Lung Cancer Risk
Wouldn’t it be great if we could detect which people were more likely to develop lung cancer? Or even if we could tell if they had no risk at all?
Well hopefully we’ve got a few steps closer to finding this out. A formidable medical survey has been conducted in Singapore and Shanghai. It has found that people with higher levels of the chemcial NNAL in their blood stream were 43% more likely to get lung cancer.
The chemical NNAL can be measured from a urine sample. It’s purpose is thought to metabolise tobacco in the body.
This test doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable to smoke if you’re found to have a low risk. There are plenty of other ways to die from smoking including: heart disease, emphysema,and other cancers.
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