Is there gender discrimination for lung cancer? Scientists have previously indicated that women do significantly better than men in surviving lung cancer. Now there is proof, a new study shows that women do better with several types of lung cancer.

The study, led by Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio, a thoracic surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, observed that women at every stage of non-small cell lung cancer had higher rates of survival than men when tracked over five years.

Published in this month's issue of the journal Chest, the study focused on 671 men and 414 women diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, which includes several types of lung cancer, but not the more aggressive small cell lung cancer.

The study observed that, overall, 60 percent of women were still alive five years after surgery, compared with 50 percent of men.

Dr. Ayesha Bryant, who served as a statistician for the study, said there were several possible reasons women had a higher rate of survival. "It could be a whole host of things."


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