February 20, 2018Open Access
View Full PaperLifetime Smoking History and Risk of Lung Cancer: Results From the Framingham Heart Study
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Abstract
Among heavy former smokers, lung cancer risk drops within five YSQ relative to continuing smokers, yet it remains more than threefold higher than never smokers after 25 YSQ. Four of ten lung cancers occurred in former smokers with more 15 YSQ, beyond the screening window of the current guideline.