Profile of patients with lung cancer assisted at the National Cancer Institute, according to their smoking status, from 2000 to 2007

• Main Authors: Mirian Carvalho de Souza (Author), Ana Glória Godoi Vasconcelos (Author), Marise Souto Rebelo (Author), Paulo Antonio de Paiva Rebelo (Author), Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use is directly related to the future incidence of lung cancer. In Brazil, a growing tendency in age-adjusted lung cancer mortality rates was observed in recent years. OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of patients with lung cancer diagnosed and treated at the National Cancer I...