Catching the Drift: How Wildfire Smoke Plumes May Increase Cancer Risk

Exposure to wildfire smoke may increase the risk of developing several cancers, according to research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 by Shuguang Leng, MBBS, PhD, and Qizhen Wu, PhD, both of the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. Amid bigger U.S. wildfires, wildfire smoke’s impacts on human health are increasingly relevant.

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Source: Oncology

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