Lung Cancer in Women

Abstract

ALTHOUGH much has been written about etiologic factors in the development of lung cancer in men during recent years, little has been said about the role of these factors in women. The primary reason for this apparent neglect is the fact that lung cancer is still a rather uncommon disease among women, so that a sufficient number of cases cannot be easily obtained for an epidemiologic survey.The present study is based on environmental data of proved cases of lung cancer in women, all of which were diagnosed in the period 1953 to 1955. The purpose has been to study . . .