Topic: Lung Cancer Risk Higher in Women Smokers but Survival Better
barb_anello
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posted 12 July 2006 08:58 AM
Lung Cancer Risk Higher in Women Smokers but Survival Better
by Judith Groch, MedPage Today Senior Writer Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
* The risk of lung cancer is significantly greater for women than for men. * Lung cancer now accounts for more deaths in women than any other cancer including breast cancer and colon cancer combined.