Wednesday 13 February 2013

Lung cancer set to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths 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. In the UK and Poland it has already overtaken breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths in women.
 
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Study mentioned: Malvezzi M, et al. European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2013. Annals of Oncology. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdt010
 


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