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From Survival To Survivorship: Late Side Effects Become An Issue In High-Grade Glioma., Yaacov R Lawrence, Wenyin Shi, Adam P Dicker Jan 2015

From Survival To Survivorship: Late Side Effects Become An Issue In High-Grade Glioma., Yaacov R Lawrence, Wenyin Shi, Adam P Dicker

Yaacov R. Lawrence

“For many patients, controlling neurological symptoms, preventing cognitive dysfunction and maintaining functional independence are just as important as prolonging survival.”


Lung Cancer Epidemiology – A Global View, Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Rashmi Koul, Arbind Dubey Sep 2011

Lung Cancer Epidemiology – A Global View, Patricia Tai, Edward Yu, Rashmi Koul, Arbind Dubey

Edward Yu

Smoking, air pollution and radon exposure are causally related to lung cancer. This review analyzes trends of smoking habits by age, sex and ethnicity and their correlation with incidence and mortality of lung cancer. Unfortunately the use of tobacco by adolescents is on the rise. Most developed countries are still showing the rising trend of mortality in female smokers. In Asia, cigarette smoking has become a major health risk with one in three of all cigarettes in the world today are smoked in China. Estimated one hundred million young ( < 29 years old) Chinese smokers will eventually die from lung …