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.h long cenczrl [epr~t aGOUt 78% of all the fanale<br />
!mg mrwsr uses diagrneed in Che pesticipetvq MaPrtais<br />
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sentianed in a subsequeut . sectim o` utis cAspter isee : Oiscoloqic<br />
:yoe ao! 4slq Carcer) tM1e Propor"-ioo af noo-sookvm patients in other<br />
series of luy cancar cases has 6een "subli'aherl at ahout 10% for<br />
~ . The esassisely high ProPortlm relnxtrs' by T-'icbPo 41 Psck+ of ciqarectu per year (aa .<br />
3 .11 . p < .05) .<br />
Iepoerent drawsrke rai be found in the study by ltlayu Cortea<br />
et . al . . Its uin dissdvantage is the fact that the asehei of<br />
psrtrnpents is so sawll that any of the possible strRWqt .he of the<br />
study -- wch as the 1005 histoloqic emfixe.tim of dSagroai.-, -<br />
fail to aaFelnate for tlLL+ wMess .<br />
A mcre recant epideeioloqic stody m the llaq caneerpassive<br />
smdcinq ralatianship . .s carried aR by eerfiNrol . AoerAsN and<br />
Joubert (30) . Their qrolp of cases w wprisad of e11 farele non-<br />
arokuq lonq canosr patients diag'osed in three hospitals in Nev<br />
Jersey and en Auspital ln OAio. he~w~ dt.gooswd with aolm rwnoer<br />
se.wed as controls . _Tree metrols were sateMd to each case m t he<br />
basis of age 1-5 ys.rsl and hospital of di.grosis . Patioloqy slides<br />
for both ceses and xntrols .ere revre.ed Clindly in order to caMiim<br />
the diagtbeis . me tnmdred and thirty four lug rancer cases a rd 402<br />
mntrols .ere tlm uxert:e.ed regarding tee ssokinq habits of their<br />
t+wbaed+ . CUrre'rc saokinq Aanits, nuRher of cigarettes sad .ed at<br />
hrne, and mnoer of rea_-s cse As6a:ds esd ruked .ere assessed .