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Recent research finds that tobacco smoke exposure that causes lung cancer includes both personal
smoking and secondhand smoke.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T9C-4B1XYVH-1&_user=10&_....
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Vital Statistics: Women and Lung Cancer
From article in Washington Post, 10/27/1998.
http://no-smoking.org/oct98/10-27-98-3.html
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Tobacco Product Carcinogens Cause More Damage to Women
Recent research confirms that cigarettes cause more lung cancer in women.
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256D880070E2F7?OpenDocument&....
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Lung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among Women
Years of attention paid to young women by tobacco marketers have yielded gruesome dividends,
researchers said.
http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030416.wcanc0416_2/BNStory/Front/
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Dramatic Increase In Fatal Lung Cancer In Women Frustrates Cancer Specialist
News story profiles physician and patients dealing with one of the most lethal, yet one of the most
preventable, kinds of cancer.
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/story.asp?id=112D889B-400E-4F93-AE99-3BD915292B21
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Lung Cancer Risk Greater for Women
Women who smoke the same amount as men are twice as likely to get lung cancer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1466188.stm
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What You Don't Know about Women and Lung Cancer
"We're more susceptible than men. It kills more of us than any other cancer. And our daughters
are taking up smoking in record numbers. Read on."
http://www.4woman.gov/editor/Apr01/Apr01.htm
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Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung Cancer
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.
http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/hb/health/articles/0,12873,284595_290502-1,00.html
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Women Risk Lung Cancer More
Recent research; CT scans of about 500 men and 500 women, none of whom had any symptoms of lung
cancer, revealed small tumors in the lungs of 19 women and 10 men.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/cancer/lung/lhclu011.htm
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We Don't Have the Right to Remain Silent
"Law and Order" star S. Epatha Merkerson speaks about lung cancer awareness, after the
death of two close friends to the disease.
http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=4259
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Women and Lung Cancer
The facts from a comprehensive, peer reviewed lung cancer resource sponsored by the Oncology
Nursing Society and Cancer Care, Inc.
http://www.lungcancer.org/patients/fs_pc_women.htm
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Record Toll of Women Killed by Lung Cancer
For 20 years, breast cancer fears have been the more dominant among women, but lung cancer is now
the bigger killer; this article explains.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Health/2000-09/lung250900.shtml
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American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Women and Smoking
In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in
the United States.
http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/tobacco_women_index.html
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Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung Cancer
A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute gives weight to an unproven theory that
women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing substances in tobacco smoke.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/01/MN90924.DTL
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Young Woman Dies of Adenocarcinoma of the Lungs
Cynthia Patten reached middle age at age 23. Cindy dies a age 46 after a short bout with lung
cancer. She died only 75 days after first feeling ill. This is her story.
http://www.cindy-patten.com
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Lung Cancer and Women
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?
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/lung.htm
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In Memoriam: Maggie Geib
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.
http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/places/mgeib/mom-grave.html
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Faces of Lung Cancer
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.
http://www.lungcancer.org/
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CancerNews.com Lung Cancer Links
Cancer News on the Net® is an Internet publication dedicated to bringing patients and their
families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment.
http://www.cancernews.com/lung.htm
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Smoking Takes Harsh Toll on Women
"Few Americans see lung cancer as a women's health problem. But it is one of the deadliest
risks for female smokers, and even for women who stopped smoking 10, 20 or even 30 years ago."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/258450.asp
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