Results of the research, which included 85 000 men and women, appear in the June 2 issue of the American Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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The research study
Using data from 1986 through 2000, study co-author Diane Feskanich, an assistant professor of medicine, and her team identified 955 cases of lung cancer among 60 296 women and 311 cases among 25 397 men.

This translates into lung cancer rates for current smokers of 253 cases per 100 000 for women and 232 cases per 100 000 for men. Among former smokers, the lung cancer rates were 81 per 100 000 for women and 73 per 100 000 for men, according to the study.

Feskanich believes that the myth that women are more susceptible to lung cancer started as more women began to smoke and their rates of lung cancer also rose. "Basically, the increase in women's lung cancer rates reflected a statistical trend, not biology," she said. – (HealthDayNews)

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