Women and Lung Cancer

Recent research has been conducted on lung cancer patients, a link between
women and lung cancer was detected in the evidence. The study said there is
a chance that women develop lung cancer at an earlier age than men; that
women are more susceptible and vulnerable to the debilitating disease.

The UKs Daily Mail reported on the study, "Research into patients with the
disease found women tended to be diagnosed at a younger age than men - even
though they had smoked fewer cigarettes. It found that female smokers were
statistically most likely to develop adenocarcinoma - a common form of lung
cancer - and were more likely to be diagnosed with the disease at an earlier
age. Study leader Dr Martin Frueh, from St Gallen Canton Hospital in
Switzerland, said: 'Our findings suggest that women may have an increased
susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens.'"

The research was presented just yesterday in Europe at an Oncology
conference. Women are often times more aware of the dangers associated with
breast cancer, and tend to think lung cancer is a man's disease. Which now
we can see is not a wise choice; high risk patients of any gender should be
having regular lung scans as forms of prevention and early detection.

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