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Smoking Gun; More women die of lung cancer than any other kind. Smokers, beware.(Brief Article)
Byline: Karen Springen
Quick--what's the leading cancer killer of women? If you answered "breast cancer," you're not alone--but you're wrong. Lung cancer is far deadlier. Its five-year survival rate is 15 percent, compared with 86 percent for breast cancer, and it takes a bigger toll. Though the disease is largely preventable, the annual toll has grown by 600 percent since 1930. The reason: cigarettes. In the United States, more than 85 percent of women who get lung cancer are current or former smokers--yet one woman in five still smokes. "People have a general sense that tobacco is harmful," says Dr. Michele Bloch of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, "but they don't appreciate the magnitude of the risk."
Cigarettes can kill anyone, but the risks are especially high for women. New studies suggest that women develop lung cancer at a younger age than men, and after fewer ...
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