Lung Cancer (Gender Differences)
Screening Program Shows Women Have Higher Risk
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 29th, 1999
C.I. Henschke and colleagues from Cornell University and New York University Medical Center assessed the relative risk (RR) of lung cancer among high-risk women and men enrolled in the Early Lung Cancer Action Program (ELCAP). ELCAP is an annual CT screening program.
Results from their study were presented at the 65th Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, held October 31 - November 4, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois. The title of their study was "Gender Differences in Lung Cancers Detected on CT in an Annual Screening...
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