Age at menopause and risk of lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death due to cancer among men and the second leading cause among women after breast cancer, contributing to 13.8% of total cancer deaths in women in 2018 [1]. Over the past two decades, the historically higher lung cancer incidence among men than among women have reversed, and this is not fully explained by gender differences in smoking behaviours [2, 3]. Given the same level of lifelong exposure to cigarettes, females smokers appear to have increased susceptibility to develop lung cancer compared with male smokers [3, 4], and women who have never smoked are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as men who have never smoked [5].

Source: Maturitas - July 20, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hsin-Fang Chung, Dereje G. Gete, Gita D. Mishra Source Type: research