Web Directory

» ACS: Women and Smoking
   Features information and details about the increased risk for women to develop various cancers.
   http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Women_and_Smoking.asp

» Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung Cancer
   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.
   http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diseases/women-lung-cancer-oct01

» Lung Cancer Death Rate Surges Among Women
   Years of attention paid to young women by tobacco marketers have yielded gruesome dividends, researchers said.
   http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030416.wcanc0416_2/BNStory/Front/

» Lung Cancer Risk Greater for Women
   Women who smoke the same amount as men are twice as likely to get lung cancer.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1466188.stm

» Lung Cancer and Women
   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?
   http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/lung-cancer.cfm

» Lung Cancer in US Women: A Contemporary Epidemic
   Medical journal summarizes the current situation.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/291/14/1763

» NCI: Women and Smoking
   A fact sheet that describes how smoking increases a woman's risk of cancer and other health problems. Includes ways to stop.
   http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/women

» Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Women with Lung Cancer
   Recent research finds that tobacco smoke exposure that causes lung cancer includes both personal smoking and secondhand smoke.
   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%232

» Tobacco Product Carcinogens Cause More Damage to Women
   Recent research confirms that cigarettes cause more lung cancer in women.
   http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256D880070E2F7?OpenDocument&subsid=FDE48C5AAAA580E785256BD5007E630B&lan=English

» Vital Statistics: Women and Lung Cancer
   From article in Washington Post, 10/27/1998.
   http://no-smoking.org/oct98/10-27-98-3.html

» We Don't Have the Right to Remain Silent
   "Law and Order" star S. Epatha Merkerson speaks about lung cancer awareness, after the death of two close friends to the disease.
   http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=4259

» Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung Cancer
   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.
   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/01/MN90924.DTL