Yüksel Ürün, Medical Oncology professor at Ankara University School of Medicine, shared a post on X:
“Smoking and cancer: a strong link.
1 in 2 cancer patients had smoked.
1 in 7 still smoked at diagnosis.
Quitting helps treatment and survival.
It’s never too late.”
Title: Smoking Status of the US Cancer Population and a New Perspective From the National Cancer Database
Authors: Giorgio Caturegli, Xuan Zhu, Bryan Palis, Timothy W. Mullett, Benjamin J. Resio, Daniel J. Boffa
You can read the Full Article on JAMA Oncology.
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