Women 'more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens than men'
A study at a Swiss treatment centre has found that women diagnosed with lung cancer tend to be younger than men.
The study's authors suggest that this might mean that women are more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking.
However, Cancer Research UK pointed out that the study only looked at men and women from a single Swiss cancer centre, so it was difficult to generalise the results.
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6. 5. 2009 Cancer Research UK
