Tobacco Smoking and Lung Cancer in Korea

Kim, Kyung Sik

doi:1962.0.12.82

Tuberc Respir Dis > Issue 12; 1962 > Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1962;12:82-86.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1962.12.1.82 Published online December 1, 1962.

Tobacco Smoking and Lung Cancer in Korea

Kyung Sik Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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Abstract

Thi s is the result of statistical observation of 52 male and 5 female patients of primary lung cancer who visited Seoul University Hospital for past 7 years(1954 -1961). 1. Primary Iung cancer was found most frequently in males of age 51 to 60 years.(22 of 52 cases, 42. 3 percent) 2. Smokers possess about a twelve-fold greater chance of becoming afflicted with lung cancer than nonsmokers. 3. In adults without cancer 80 percent of males and 20 percent of females were smokers in Seoul.

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