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VIDEO: Dr. Henschke - Lung Cancer, Are More Women Dying Than In The Past?

June 5, 2009 - 5:29pm 183 reads 0 comments

Dr. Henschke shares if more women are dying from lung cancer now than in the past.

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Dr. Henschke:
Yes, I think they are. Lung cancer in the U.S. has been, is now causing more deaths among women than breast cancer. So, it’s the number one killer.

About Dr. Henschke, M.D., Ph.D.:
Dr. Claudia Ingrid Henschke, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., is an Attending Radiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Radiology in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical School. She is a clinical expert in percutaneous fine needle lung biopsies and thoracic radiology and board certified in Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Henschke received her master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, and medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine.

Visit Dr. Henschke at Weill Cornell Medical College

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