Category: Lung Cancer

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Women's Health/Smoking/Lung Cancer

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• American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Women and Smoking   [rate it] [review it]
  In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States.

• CancerNews.com Lung Cancer Links   [rate it] [review it]
  Cancer News on the Net® is an Internet publication dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment.

• Dramatic Increase In Fatal Lung Cancer In Women Frustrates Cancer Specialist   [rate it] [review it]
  News story profiles physician and patients dealing with one of the most lethal, yet one of the most preventable, kinds of cancer.

• Faces of Lung Cancer   [rate it] [review it]
  To build public awareness of lung cancer, four national cancer organizations are uniting to launch a nationwide lung cancer awareness campaign. The goals of the campaign are to promote better diagnosis and treatment of the disease, increase research funding, and publicize medical advances and support services that can help reduce the deaths and suffering associated with lung cancer.

• Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung Cancer   [rate it] [review it]
  Lung cancer is catching up with more and more women. The disease, which is fatal for 86 percent of its victims within five years of a diagnosis, is now the leading cause of cancer death among women. Good Housekeeping article.

• In Memoriam: Maggie Geib   [rate it] [review it]
  Are you or a loved one suffering from terminal cancer? This page contains some pertinent poems and commentary about what it means to be sick and to die well.

• Lung Cancer and Women   [rate it] [review it]
  FAQ answers questions like: how common is long cancer in women? Can I develop lung cancer if I don't smoke? What is my risk for lung cancer if I smoke?

• Lung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among Women   [rate it] [review it]
  Years of attention paid to young women by tobacco marketers have yielded gruesome dividends, researchers said.

• Lung Cancer Risk Greater for Women   [rate it] [review it]
  Women who smoke the same amount as men are twice as likely to get lung cancer.

• Record Toll of Women Killed by Lung Cancer   [rate it] [review it]
  For 20 years, breast cancer fears have been the more dominant among women, but lung cancer is now the bigger killer; this article explains.

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