Higher Lung Cancer Incidence in Young Women Than Young Men in the United States

BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed a higher incidence of lung cancer among young women than among young men in the United States. Whether this pattern has continued in contemporary birth cohorts and, if so, whether it can be fully explained by sex differences in smoking behaviors are unknown. METHO...

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Published in:N Engl J Med
Main Authors: Jemal, Ahmedin, Miller, Kimberly D., Ma, Jiemin, Siegel, Rebecca L., Fedewa, Stacey A., Islami, Farhad, Devesa, Susan S., Thun, Michael J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717174/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29791813
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1715907
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