Introduction Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers among both sexes. International Agency for Research on Cancer reported 2 million new lung cancer cases in 2018, accounting for 11.6% of all cancers. 1 The global mortality rate of lung cancer was 18.4% of all cancer deaths. Asia had the highest lung cancer incidence rate (58.5%), followed by Europe (22.4%) and North America (12.1%). 2 This article focuses on the difference in lung cancer in females and males and sheds light on the emerging trends in female lung cancer.
The difference in Lung Cancer type Lung cancer can be broadly classified as non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer , based on histology (Figure 1). 1 In women, adenocarcinoma is the most predominant type of lung cancer (Figure 2) 3,5 . The clinical course of these tumors is indolent. They are usually asymptomatic and are detected incidentally during…
