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Sex Differences in Lung Cancer Treatment

Womens_Hlth_Research_3.gifWomen with advanced-staged lung cancer have a better overall survival rate than men, but there’s a catch. The finding seems only to hold true for women 60 and older. For women under the age of 60, the survival rate drops to the same level as men.

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