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Ireland: Lung Cancer is More Predominant in Females [09/02-1]
Excerpts from: Lung cancer an increasingly female disease - report
By Michael O’Farrell Irish
Examiner [02/09/03]
Lung cancer is to become predominantly a female disease within 20 years, a comprehensive
report to be published today by the Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) has found.
Writing in the introduction to the report, National Cancer Registry director Dr Harry Comber revealed the incidence of lung cancer among women is increasing by as much as 3% every year.
Increases in other cancers are also expected to follow the same trend showing a marked increase in occurrence in women when compared to men, said Dr Comber.
Referring to the report's findings Dr Comber said there was now clear evidence that a much greater amount of effort needed to be devoted to controlling smoking in middle aged women.
The research for yesterday's report, entitled Irish Women and Tobacco, was
carried out by TNS mrbi and focused specifically on three areas.
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