Lung cancer decreased sharply in first 5 years after smoking cessation in Chinese men

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1670-1676

  Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a   Qiu, Hong ^a   Au, Joseph Siu Kie ^b   Wang, Xiao Rong ^a   Tam, Wilson ^a   Yu, Kai Shing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Histology; Lung neoplasm; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 80052964786     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182217bd4     Document Type: Article

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