© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 4, 309-310,
February 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
CORRESPONDENCE |
RESPONSE: Re: Sex, Smoking, and Cancer: a Reappraisal
Correspondence to: Thomas V. Perneger, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, and Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland (e-mail: thomas.perneger@hcuge.ch).
I thank Drs. Risch and Miller, and Dr. Zang, for their comments. Both letters defend the substance of the published findings, i.e., that women smokers are in fact at higher risk of lung cancer than are male smokers. This may be true, but it is beside
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