Higher Lung Cancer Incidence in Young Women Than Young Men in the United States.
Ahmedin JemalKimberly D MillerJiemin MaRebecca L SiegelStacey A FedewaFarhad IslamiSusan S DevesaMichael J ThunPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2018)
The patterns of historically higher incidence rates of lung cancer among men than among women have reversed among non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics born since the mid-1960s, and they are not fully explained by sex differences in smoking behaviors. Future studies are needed to identify reasons for the higher incidence of lung cancer among young women. (Funded by the American Cancer Society.).