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Higher Lung Cancer Incidence in Young Women Than Young Men in the United States

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

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Source Name: The New England Journal of Medicine

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Ahmedin Jemal, Kimberly D. Miller, Jiemin Ma, Rebecca L. Siegel, Stacey A. Fedewa, Farhad Islami, Susan S. Devesa, Michael J. Thun

The age-specific incidence of non-small cell lung cancer has reversed in individuals born since the 1960s, with women now having a higher incidence than men.  This trend is not explained by differences in smoking habits.

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