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Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ®)

Health Professional Version
Last Modified: 12/13/2011

Changes to This Summary (12/13/2011)

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Poorer Treatment Response in Cancer Patients 1

Revised text 2 about the relationships between smoking, disease recurrence, and mortality rates for prostate cancer (cited Joshu et al. as reference 16 and Kenfield et al. as reference 17).

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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/smokingcessation/HealthPr
ofessional/Page3#Section_5
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/smokingcessation/HealthPr
ofessional/Page3#Section_122