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Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2006) 3, 231-232
doi:10.1038/ncponc0466  

Risk of smoking-related lung cancer is affected by race and ethnicity

Pippa Murdie

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In the US, the incidence of lung cancer varies greatly among different racial and ethnic groups. A prospective analysis of 183,813 participants from the Multiethnic Cohort Study has shown that the effect of cigarette smoking—the greatest risk factor for lung cancer—also varies between these groups.

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