Study links pregnancy specific genes to poorer lung cancer outcomes in women

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Lung cancer can co-opt genes that normally help a fetus develop and evade the mother's immune system. And while these pregnancy-specific glycoproteins (PSGs) can get activated in the cancers of both men and women, female patients had poorer outcomes, a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) research team has found.

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Shows how sneaky it can be, and why we need more women-focused research. Hopefully this leads to better treatments soon.