Lung Cancer: Men vs. Women
Gender matters in survival rates
By NESITA KWAN
Updated 12:22 PM EST, Sun, Jul 12, 2009
A new study finds that a common form of lung cancer is more deadly for men than women. Researchers wanted to examine how gender, race and marital status affected survival rates for patients with non operable non small cell lung cancer.
They followed more than 13 hundred patients with the disease, and found men one-point-two-three times more likely to die than women. They say gender seemed a major determining factor in survival rates.
First Published: Nov 21, 2008 11:21 AM EST
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