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[Lung cancer in smokers and never-smokers].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 24 Sept 2009
Helland Aslaug, Brustugun Odd Terje
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the most frequent cancer-related cause of death for both sexes. Smoking is the cause of most cases, but estimates show that 15-20 % of cases in the western world are not associated with tobacco. Recent evidence - based on molecular and clinical studies - indicate that lung cancer in patients who have never smoked has certain characteristics that are different from those in patients who...
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