Surf these sites: American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Women and Smoking -- In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. CancerNews.com Lung Cancer Links -- Cancer News on the NetŪ is an Internet publication dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment. Faces of Lung Cancer -- To build public awareness of lung cancer, four national cancer organizations are uniting to launch a nationwide lung cancer awareness campaign. The goals of the campaign are to promote better diagnosis and treatment of the disease, increase research funding, and publicize medical advances and support services that can help reduce the deaths and suffering associated with lung cancer. In Memmoriam: Maggie Geib -- Are you or a loved one suffering from terminal cancer? This page contains some pertinent poems and commentary about what it means to be sick and to die well. Smoking takes harsh toll on women -- "Few Americans see lung cancer as a women''s health problem. But it is one of the deadliest risks for female smokers, and even for women who stopped smoking 10, 20 or even 30 years ago." Vital Statistics: Women and Lung Cancer -- From article in Washington Post, 10/27/1998. Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung Cancer -- A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute gives weight to an unproven theory that women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing substances in tobacco smoke. Women risk lung cancer more, study shows -- Reuters item, summarizing recent research; CT scans of about 500 men and 500 women, none of whom had any symptoms of lung cancer, revealed small tumors in the lungs of 19 women and 10 men. Women''s health -- Female smokers are 20 percent to 70 percent more likely to develop lung cancer than male smokers, indicating that women are more susceptible to the carcinogens in cigarettes.
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