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Word: noncancerous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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The now familiar result of the study: of 200 lung-cancer patients, 95.5% had smoked at least a pack a day for at least 20 years, and only one was a nonsmoker; among noncancer patients, only 50% smoked so much, and 11% were nonsmokers. The evidence was highly suggestive, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death of a Surgeon | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

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