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 ACS: Women and SmokingACS: Women and Smoking
 Features information and details about the increased risk for women to develop various cancers.
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Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung CancerGood 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.
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Lung Cancer and WomenLung 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?
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Lung Cancer in US Women: A Contemporary EpidemicLung Cancer in US Women: A Contemporary Epidemic
 Medical journal summarizes the current situation.
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Lung Cancer Risk Greater for WomenLung Cancer Risk Greater for Women
 Women who smoke the same amount as men are twice as likely to get lung cancer.
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NCI: Women and SmokingNCI: Women and Smoking
 A fact sheet that describes how smoking increases a woman's risk of cancer and other health problems. Includes ways to stop.
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Women with Lung CancerSecondhand Smoke Exposure in Women with Lung Cancer
 Recent research finds that tobacco smoke exposure that causes lung cancer includes both personal smoking and secondhand smoke.
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Tobacco Product Carcinogens Cause More Damage to WomenTobacco Product Carcinogens Cause More Damage to Women
 Recent research confirms that cigarettes cause more lung cancer in women.
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Vital Statistics: Women and Lung CancerVital Statistics: Women and Lung Cancer
 From article in Washington Post, 10/27/1998.
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We Don't Have the Right to Remain SilentWe 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.
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Lung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among WomenLung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among Women
 Years of attention paid to young women by tobacco marketers have yielded gruesome dividends, researchers said. (April 16, 2003)
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Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung CancerWomen 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. (December 1, 1999)
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