Female reproductive and hormonal factors and lung cancer mortality among never-smokers
Dr. Xue Qin Yu
Analysis of the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank cohort (287,408 self-reported never-smoking women; median follow-up 10.3 years) found that use of oral contraceptives, number of livebirths, and among postmenopausal women time since menopause, were associated with increased risk of lung cancer mortality.