- Smoking Takes Harsh Toll on Women - http://www.msnbc.com/news/258450.asp
"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."
- CancerNews.com Lung Cancer Links - http://www.cancernews.com/lung.htm
Cancer News on the Net is an Internet publication dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Faces of Lung Cancer - http://www.lungcancer.org/
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 Memoriam: Maggie Geib - http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/places/mgeib/mom-grave.html
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.
- Lung Cancer and Women - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/lung.htm
FAQ answers questions like: how common is long cancer in women? Can I develop lung cancer if I don't smoke? What is my risk for lung cancer if I smoke?
- Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung Cancer - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/01/MN90924.DTL
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.
- Record Toll of Women Killed by Lung Cancer - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Health/2000-09/lung250900.shtml
For 20 years, breast cancer fears have been the more dominant among women, but lung cancer is now the bigger killer; this article explains.
- Women and Lung Cancer - http://www.lungcancer.org/patients/fs_pc_women.htm
The facts from a comprehensive, peer reviewed lung cancer resource sponsored by the Oncology Nursing Society and Cancer Care, Inc.
- We Don't Have the Right to Remain Silent - http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=4259
"Law and Order" star S. Epatha Merkerson speaks about lung cancer awareness, after the death of two close friends to the disease.
- Women Risk Lung Cancer More - http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/cancer/lung/lhclu011.htm
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.
- Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung Cancer - http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/hb/health/articles/0,12873,284595_290502-1,00.html
Lung cancer is catching up with more and more women. The disease, which is fatal for 86 percent of its victims within five years of a diagnosis, is now the leading cause of cancer death among women. Good Housekeeping article.
- What You Don't Know about Women and Lung Cancer - http://www.4woman.gov/editor/Apr01/Apr01.htm
"We're more susceptible than men. It kills more of us than any other cancer. And our daughters are taking up smoking in record numbers. Read on."
- Lung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among Women - http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030416.wcanc0416_2/BNStory/Front/
Years of attention paid to young women by tobacco marketers have yielded gruesome dividends, researchers said.
- Tobacco Product Carcinogens Cause More Damage to Women - http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256D880070E2F7?OpenDocument&subsid=FDE48C5AAAA580E785256BD5007E630B&lan=English
Recent research confirms that cigarettes cause more lung cancer in women.
- Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Women with Lung Cancer - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T9C-4B1XYVH-1&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-WU-MsSAYWA-UUW-AUDZABAWDA-WWDZAAVCY-WU-U&_fmt=summary&_coverDate=02%2F29%2F2004&_rdoc=1&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%235111%232004%23999569997%23476426!&_cdi=5111&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a278f79493eda7e7540030ac4fe8f007
Recent research finds that tobacco smoke exposure that causes lung cancer includes both personal smoking and secondhand smoke.
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