Cancer of the Lung

Margaret R. Spitz; Xifeng Wu; Anna Wilkinson; Qingyi Wei

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149616.003.0033

Cancer of the Lung

Margaret R. Spitz, Xifeng Wu, Anna Wilkinson, Qingyi Wei

Epidemiology

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Abstract

This chapter provides an update on the epidemiology of lung cancer with an emphasis on the rapidly expanding literature exploring host susceptibility to tobacco carcinogenesis. It also reviews chemoprevention and lung screening trials.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199865062
ISBN (Print)	0195149610, 9780195149616
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149616.003.0033
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

Keywords

Cancer epidemiology
Cancer prevention
Cancer risk
Chemoprevention
Lung cancer
Lung screening
Smoking
Tobacco use

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General Medicine

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