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Lung Cancer: Men vs. Women Gender matters in survival rates

By  NESITA KWAN

Updated 11:30 AM CDT, Fri, Nov 21, 2008

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Lung cancer more deadly for men

 

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. 

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Researchers have found men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women.

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.

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