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The article discusses the differences in epidemiology, biology and therapy of lung cancer in women in the U.S. Emerging literature shows a biological basis for the differences in the pathogenesis and possibly increased susceptibility to lung cancer in women. There are also considerable data which supports small but important differences favoring women in terms of response to therapy and long-term survival after the diagnosis of lung cancer, regardless of histology or age.

Evaluates the importance of regional lymph node involvement determined by surgical staging before the initiation of therapy in Baltimore, Maryland. Advantage of trimodality therapy; Response of patients to the therapy; Survival rate of patients cleared by chemotherapy.

Asserts that child violence in the United States is a direct result of a significant de-facto abandonment by parents of their traditional caretaker role for their children. Progression of child violence; Information on a piece of writing `Kilroy was here' which began to appear on public lavatory walls from the late 1940s and into the fifties; Meaning of leaving marks of `having been here' in human society.

Empirical research (as well as theoretical reasoning) has led to contradictory findings with regard to whether increases in brand advertising activities lead to increases or decreases in consumer price sensitivity. Lack of data to measure the exposure of individual households to advertisements and to capture competitive activities has been an important limitation to date. This study, using single source data for a midwestern US market, finds that increased advertising exposures are associated with increases in a household's brand choice price sensitivity for two frequently purchased consumer products. However, under high levels of advertising exposure, it is possible for a household's brand choice price sensitivity to decrease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]