Should You be Tested for Lung Cancer? From the ‘Harvard Women’s Health Watch’
More women die each year from lung cancer than from breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers combined. And women who smoke are more likely than men to develop lung cancer. Even women who’ve never smoked are at greater risk than their male counterparts. Screening for lung cancer hasn’t yet become common, but recent studies suggest that a test called spiral computed tomography can detect lung cancer when it is still curable.
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