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| September 01, 2002 | Moon, Mary Ann | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BETHESDA, MD. -- The excess risk for lung cancer among women who smoke persists for 30 years after they quit, even if they were light smokers, Thomas A. Sellers, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology.

He and his associates examined changes in lung cancer incidence among former smokers in the Iowa Women's Health Study, a prospective cohort study that followed about 42,000 postmenopausal women from its inception ...

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