The Burden of Lung Cancer in Women Compared With Men in the US

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2810384?guestAccessKey=e587e85e-3ff2-4b65-87e5-b5404243fbe3&utm_term=101223&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_medium=referral&_hsmi=278149414&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6gDehNHVPuL4ks7REUaFNgOJIokEcrZZM_YyIGxrbmz4e-mu6Rq2EjSeSqf1xaEkpVsKTbBPpShS6w5rWgp8pEtubzA&utm_content=tfl&utm_source=For_The_Media Lung cancer incidence continues to be higher in women, study says Five years ago, an American Cancer Society study showed the incidence of lung cancer was higher in women than men under age 50, a reversal of what had been a historical trend of higher incidence among men that wasn’t solely explained by who did or didn’t smoke. A new research letter in JAMA Oncology reports that while overall rates have continued to decline, they’ve fallen more among men than women. That means the burden of lung cancer is higher in women age 35 to 54 than in men. The higher incidence rate now reaches middle-aged adults as younger women with a high risk of the disease enter older age. “Reasons for this shift are unclear because the prevalence and intensity of smoking are not higher in younger women compared with men except for a slightly elevated prevalence among those born in the 1960s,” the authors write, encouraging lung cancer screening among eligible women.