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Lung cancer likely to overtake breast...

Lung cancer likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women
Lung cancer is likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by the middle of this decade, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology on February 13. In the UK and Poland it has already overtaken breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths in women. The study by [...]

Cigarette smoking implicated in half ...

Cigarette smoking implicated in half of bladder cancers in women
NCI Press Release NIH study confirms bladder cancer risk from smoking is higher than previously estimated Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the risk in women is now comparable to that in men, according to a study by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the Nati [...]