title: Lung cancer incidence by smoking status in Korean men: 16-years of observations in the Seoul Male Cancer Cohort study.
abstract: The relative risk (RR) of smoking and mortality of lung cancer in British doctors was previously reported to have increased throughout a 40-yr period. Here, we evaluated this RR based on the incidence of lung cancer in Korean men using a longer follow-up period. We compared our data to the RR reported in a study using a 10-yr follow-up period; the subjects and methods were identical to those of the previous paper with the exception of the follow-up period, which ended on December 31, 2008. We found that the RR of smoking habits in patients with lung cancer did not increase, and that the data showed narrowing 95% confidence intervals over a longer observation in Korean men. Estimated lung cancers attributable to smoking were 55.6%. These results highlight the need for an intervention program to help patients quit smoking in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. jmbae@jejunu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jong-Myon
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Zhong-Min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Myung-Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Dong-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moo-Song
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon-Ok
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
keywords: Cancer Incidence; Cigarette Smoking; Cohort Study; Lung Neoplasm