Gender and lung cancer—SEER-based analysis

Lung cancer remains a major cause of death worldwide. While in the past it was considered to primarily afflict males, in recent decades the number of female patients has risen, such that rates among females are similar to those among males. Nevertheless, it has been found previously (e.g., in cardiovascular disease) that when there is a sex-specific stereotype to a disease, it may remain entrenched in medical diagnostic processes, so as to cause...