Understanding sex disparities in lung cancer incidence: are women more at risk?

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Meera V Ragavan*,1 & Manali I Patel2,3,4 1Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94305 CA 94305, USA 2Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA 3Division of Oncology, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA 4Center for Health Policy/Primary Care Outcomes Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA *Author for correspondence: mragavan@stanford.edu