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Eagle_303
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03/22/08 - 09:09 PM

Lady "A" is a smoker while B is non smoker .Those are of the same age ,race and weight. Who is least likely to develop one of the Ca in the following list .

Ovarian Ca
Pontine glioma
SCC of the skin
Endometrial Ca

Tiff
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03/23/08 - 01:00 PM

Lady A, the smoker? Smoking doesn't increase the risk of ovarian or endometrial cancer, but does for SCC of skin. raised eyebrow

not sure about pontine glioma.

new_n_lost
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03/23/08 - 04:01 PM

I thought Ovarian Ca was associated with smoking not SCC of skin. raised eyebrow

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03/23/08 - 09:33 PM

Tiff wrote:
Lady A, the smoker? Smoking doesn't increase the risk of ovarian or endometrial cancer, but does for SCC of skin. raised eyebrow

not sure about pontine glioma.

I too didn't noticed any material saying that smoking is a risk factor for ovarian or endometrial carcinoma but are you sure that smoking is a risk factor for SCC of skin because i didn't noticed that point in our kaplan or goljan materials?

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03/23/08 - 09:45 PM

Goljan RR pg 470
Part E Ovarian Tumors
Point 1 Epidemiology
sub point B Risk Factors
Sub Part 3 Smoking Cigarettes

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