Sentences with phrase «lung cancer mortality»

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) reported a reduction in lung cancer mortality in high - risk participants aged 55 to 74 who were randomly assigned to screening with low - dose computed tomography (LDCT) versus chest radiography.

They estimate that this screening strategy would reduce lung cancer mortality by 9.05 % compared to no screening, with an incremental cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 41,136 Canadian dollars per life - year gained.

Lung cancer mortality rates among young women (30 - 49 years) were stable or declining in 47 of the 52 populations examined.

Impacts of early smoking initiation: long - term trends of lung cancer mortality and smoking initiation from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Great Britain

On the other hand, the continuing increase in lung cancer mortality among European women represents a challenge for cancer control, and the steady increase in pancreatic cancer deserves high priority for research.»

In a study in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that women working rotating night shifts for five or more years appeared to have a modest increase in all - cause and CVD mortality and those working 15 or more years of rotating night shift work appeared to have a modest increase in lung cancer mortality.

Lung cancer mortality rates (per 100,000) during 2006 - 2010 ranged from 0.7 in Costa Rica to 14.8 in Hungary among young women and from 8.8 in Georgia to 120.0 in Scotland among older women.

Currently, lack of diagnostics is a fundamental cause of lung cancer mortality, as tumors are often inoperable or metastatic by the time they are detected.

Risk assessments estimate that lowering occupational exposure limits from the current to the proposed standard will reduce silicosis and lung cancer mortality to approximately one - half of the rates predicted under the current standard.

For men, lung cancer mortality has been falling since 1990, mirroring a peak in popularity of smoking during the 1960s.

Because the tobacco epidemic among women has varied globally, researchers led by Lindsey Torre documented and compared contemporary trends in lung cancer mortality, to identify opportunities for intervention.

For women, who commonly took up smoking later, lung cancer mortality is still rising.

«Lung Cancer Mortality and Exposure to Radon Progeny in a Cohort of New Mexico Underground Uranium Miners,» J.M. Samet, D.R. Pathak, M.V. Morgan, C.R. Key, A.A. Valdivia, and J.H. Lubin; Health Physics, Vol.

A cohort study of tobacco use, diet, occupation, and lung cancer mortality.

In 2009, Vitter co-sponsored the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, legislation to require several federal agencies to work together on a comprehensive plan for reducing lung cancer mortality.