Study: Elderly women fare better with lung cancer
ReutersPosted: June 3rd, 2007 by Steve Trinward
“Older women with lung cancer live longer than men the same age, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday, and said their finding suggests that estrogen might affect chemotherapy. The study found that women aged over 60 who have advanced lung cancer lived a median of 11 months, compared to just eight months for men. ‘I get amazed with my older woman patients. They tend to do better. They tend to have less [sic] side effects than my 45-year-olds,’ said Dr. Kathy Albain of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University in Maywood, Illinois.” (06/03/07)
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0340787520070603
