Women's Susceptibility to Tobacco Carcinogens and Survival After Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

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CONTEXT: 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. OBJECTIVE: To add to the evidence on the lung cancer risk of women who smoke and their survival after diagnosis of lung cancer, conditional on other prognostic indicators and compared with men of the same age who smoke. DESIGN, SETTING,...

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