Open AccessWomen's Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogens and Survival After Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Claudia I. Henschke,
Rowena Yip,
Olli S. Miettinen
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.296.2.180
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , carcinogen , oncology , cancer , tobacco use , environmental health , population , genetics , biology
It has been hypothesized that women are more susceptible to tobacco carcinogens than men, but after diagnosis of lung cancer, they have better survival rates than men.
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