Article
Epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of lung cancer.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Mar 2002
Bilello Kathryn Smith, Murin Susan, Matthay Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Over the past century, lung cancer has gone from an obscure disease to the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Initially an epidemic disease among men in industrialized nations, lung cancer now has become the leading cancer killer in both sexes in the United States and an increasingly common disease of both sexes in developing countries. Lung cancer incidence largely mirrors smoking prevalence, with a...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Diet
- Environmental Exposure
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lung Diseases
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Racial Groups
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors