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Changes in Black-White Difference in Lung Cancer Incidence among Young Adults.

Ahmedin JemalKimberly D MillerAnn Goding SauerPriti BandiMiranda M FidlerMaryBeth B CulpFarhad IslamiStacey A FedewaJiemin Ma
Published in: JNCI cancer spectrum (2020)
The historically higher lung cancer incidence in young Blacks than young Whites in the United States has disappeared in men and reversed in women, coinciding with smoking patterns, though incidence again became higher in Black men than White men born circa 1977-1982.
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