title: Lung cancer in women: a comparison with men and an analysis of cases diagnosed in Ourense (Spain) 1999-2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse frequency, characteristics and survival of women with lung cancer (LC), in contrast to male patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed in patients with LC diagnosed by histocytology from 1999 to 2006. Survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The chi-squared test was used to compare variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,290 patients were diagnosed, 190 (14.7%) of them were women, with a mean age of 67±13 years. The percentage of smokers was 17%. Histological types: adenocarcinoma 53%, small cell 21%, squamous cell carcinoma 13%. Surgery was performed (20%) in a higher percentage of women than in men. There were no differences in survival between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Of the total cases diagnosed, 14.7% were women, with a lower percentage of smokers. Adenocarcinoma was the most common histological type in women. There was no differences in survival compared to men.
authors.affiliation: Complexo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain. isauraparente@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Isaura
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Parente Lamelas
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abal Arca
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García García
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García Pazos
authors.forename: Adelaida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acuña Fernández
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marcos Velázquez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D015996:Survival Rate