title: Women and lung cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is expanding evidence that lung cancer has a multitude of sex differences. This article will review these differences and discuss nursing implications for women with lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research and journal articles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the sex differences of lung cancer is essential for individualizing care for women with lung cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses play an integral role throughout the trajectory of illness for women with lung cancer. Understanding the sex differences will help nurses to individualize the care for this population to meet their specific needs.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Division of Hematology Oncology, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016387:Women's Health