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ReviewLung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.)2012

Lung cancer in women.

Raúl Barrera-Rodriguez, Jorge Morales-Fuentes

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In one paragraph

Review in Lung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Perioperative Outcomes of Lung Cancer Surgery in Women: A Canadian Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025
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  7. The role of sex and gender in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer: the 6th ICAPEM Annual Symposium.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  16. Lung cancer in middle and southern Morocco.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023
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  18. Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Survivability of Patients with Multiple Cancers and Single Lung Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  20. The evolving landscape of sex-based differences in lung cancer: a distinct disease in women.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Raúl Barrera-RodriguezBiochemistry and Environmental Medicine Laboratory, National Institute of Respiratory Disease.
Jorge Morales-FuentesLung Cancer Medical Service, National Institute of Respiratory Disease, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent biological advances in tumor research provide clear evidence that lung cancer in females is different from that in males. These differences appear to have a direct impact on the clinical presentation, histology, and outcomes of lung cancer. Women are more likely to present with lung adenocarcinoma, tend to receive a diagnosis at an earlier age, and are more likely to be diagnosed with localized disease. Women may also be more predisposed to molecular aberrations resulting from the carcinogenic effects of tobacco, but do not appear to be more susceptible than men to developing lung cancer. The gender differences found in female lung cancer make it mandatory that gender stratification is used in clinical trials in order to improve the survival rates of patients with lung cancer.

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adenocarcinomagenetic differencesgenetic susceptibilitylung cancertobaccowomen

Identifiers

PMID28210127
PMCPMC5312492

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