Tobacco and the Escalating Global Cancer Burden

The global burden of cancer is escalating as a result of dramatic increases in the use of tobacco in the developing world. The use of tobacco is linked to the development of a broad variety of cancers, mainly lung cancer, the single most common cancer in the world. Tobacco smoking-attributable death...

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Main Authors: Richard F. Oppeltz, Ismail Jatoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/408104