Women who smoke are twice as likely than men to be diagnosed with lung cancer but less likely to die from the disease.This is the result of a study done by New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center researchers who cannot explain why women who smoke are at greater risk for lung cancer -- only that this is the conclusion of the research data.
As a result, they are recommending women who smoke be tested earlier and more frequently for lung cancer. In addition, they feel earlier intervention in warning campaigns about smoking and smoking cessation programs should be made available to women at a younger age -- ideally when they are still teens.
Early intervention is always a good idea. Even if you only reach some of the minds of young women and prevent them from starting a habit with the potential to kill them, it's worth the effort. Here's the problem as I see it. Unless I am wrong, and missed something, there is no really great method to screen for the earliest stage of lung cancer.
