What Is My Risk of Getting Lung Cancer?

It was estimated by the American Cancer Society that there would be 161,840 deaths from lung cancer in 2008 (90,810 among men and 71,030 among women), accounting for about 29% of all cancer deaths. Additionally, it was estimated by the American Cancer Society that there would be 215,020 new lung cancer cases diagnosed in 2008 (114,690 among men and 100,330 among women), accounting for about 15% of all cancer diagnoses.  More women die each year from lung cancer than from breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers combined. Every hour of every day, 19 people die from lung cancer and at least 15-percent never smoked. Lung cancer is considered a silent killer, since the disease is most often not detected until it is in a terminal stage. (Source: American Cancer Society)



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Commercial real estate services company with operations in MA providing collateral assessment and title and closing industries the services they need. Initially a member of this listing since 2000. Member of the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement group.

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Specialized in Brokers and Agents with operations and headquarters in MA, Homes by Christine is a leading national provider of Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement real estate brokerage management. Directory listing since 2000.

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Providers of Brokers and Agents-related services and is located in MA for individuals and corporations looking for commercial real estate services. Look toHowland Development to solve those complex transactional details.

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As one of the area's privately-owned Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement services corporations, Liakos Real Estate in MA Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement services to its customers in the areas of new homes construction and real estate sales. Member since 2006.

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Park Avenue Development has been a trusted partner for MA Brokers and Agents fellow firms since 2002, providing sound resource management for Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement members.

Category: Brokers And Agents

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Find out where you can get ADT Security home security products. Since 2000, ADT Security has been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Adt Security Home Security Products

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Category: Kitchen And Bath Remodeling

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Category: Wall Panel, Wainscoting, Wall Paneling

Offers a range of services including plumbing, heating, air conditioning Nashua NH. MASI Plumbing has been a member since 2009 in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning Nashua Nh

Northern Fences is a registered member in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/avinyl to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Home Improvement

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Category: Bathroom Remodeling

A manufacturer of Inexpensive sprinklers and located in MA, Tomkins House has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 2009.

Category: Inexpensive Sprinklers

Tomkins House provides fantastic values on all the latest animal care trends in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement market. Specializes in North Andover landscaping. Located in MA, Tomkins House has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 1998.

Category: North Andover Landscaping

Provides full-service Boston area landscaping services for customers needing landscaping and property maintenance services. Visit http://host.web-print-design.com/tompkins-02 to take advantage of our special rates today.

Category: Boston Area Landscaping

Tomkins House is committed to strengthening the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement industry through collective support, services, and leadership in providing landscaping, sprinklers, irrigation and snow plowing massachusetts. Located in MA, Tomkins House has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 2009.

Category: Landscaping, Sprinklers, Irrigation And Snow Plowing Massachusetts

Provides and services commercial snow plowing, snow removal, plowing. Found in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement, Home Improvement group in this directory.

Category: Commercial Snow Plowing, Snow Removal, Plowing

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Category: Panel Wainscoting, Wainscot Panel

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Category: Home Remodeling And Improvement

Bathroom Showcase in Nashua, NH. Masi Plumbing has been a member since 2009 in the Home Improvement directory.

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Specialized in Management and Repairs with operations and headquarters in MA, Cape Ann Septic Services is a leading national provider of Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement. septic service MA. Directory listing since 2008.

Category: Septic Service Ma

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A supplier of real estate services, property management, Washington DC and located in Washington DC, Peabody Real Estate has been an Affordable Management and Repairs supplier since 2008.

Category: Real Estate Services, Property Management, Washington Dc

As an institution, Trade Reference Network has been a good corporate sponsor for the MA construction employment recruiting industry. A member of the directory since 1999 in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement section.

Category: Construction Employment Recruiting Industry

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Category: Property Management, Property Management Massachusetts, Boston

Property Management

Domo is a registered member in the Property Management vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/domo to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Handyman Services

As an institution, Howland Development #2 has been a good corporate sponsor for the MA commercial real estate industry. A member of the directory since 2009 in the Property Management section.

Category: Commercial Real Estate Industry

Commercial real estate services company with operations in MA providing property management and apartment rentals throughout greater Lowell with the services local residents depend on. Initially a member of this listing since 1999. Member of the Property Management group.

Category: Property Management

Providers of Property Management-related services and is located in MA for individuals and corporations looking for commercial property management services. Look toPine Properties to solve the day-to-day operational details.

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Provides a complete range of Property Management. Located in MA, Sullivan Companies services a broad range of retail, business, and institutional clients. Filed with Property Management

Category: Property Management

North American company selling to Property Management groups Lowell area apartment property management. Universal Property-1999 has been listed in Property Management since 2008.

Category: Lowell Area Apartment Property Management

Real Estate and Home Improvement

A real estate related sites and services directory, related articles and real estate directories list. This category also includes a comprehensive home improvement directory related to home decor and home improvement resources and information. Remodeling, real estate brokers, and property management firms are located here.

Brokers & Agents

Offers a range of Brokers and Agents solutions in the Greater MA market, with locations throughout the region.

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Providers of Brokers and Agents-related services and is located in MA for individuals and corporations looking for commercial real estate services. Look toHowland Development to solve those complex transactional details.

Category: Brokers And Agents

Specialized in Brokers and Agents with operations and headquarters in MA, Homes by Christine is a leading national provider of Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement real estate brokerage management. Directory listing since 2000.

Category: Brokers And Agents

Woods Real Estate is a registered member in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/woods to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Brokers And Agents

As one of the area's privately-owned Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement services corporations, Liakos Real Estate in MA Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement services to its customers in the areas of new homes construction and real estate sales. Member since 2006.

Category: Brokers And Agents

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Park Avenue Development has been a trusted partner for MA Brokers and Agents fellow firms since 2002, providing sound resource management for Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement members.

Category: Brokers And Agents

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Commercial real estate services company with operations in MA providing collateral assessment and title and closing industries the services they need. Initially a member of this listing since 2000. Member of the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement group.

Category: Brokers And Agents

Based in MA, Mass Buyer Agents provides Lexington Real Estate as a Brokers and Agents real estate association.

Category: Lexington Real Estate

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Northern Fences is a registered member in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/avinyl to see how we're helping our clients every day.

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Provides and services commercial snow plowing, snow removal, plowing. Found in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement, Home Improvement group in this directory.

Category: Commercial Snow Plowing, Snow Removal, Plowing

Find out where you can get ADT Security home security products. Since 2000, ADT Security has been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Adt Security Home Security Products

HomeWorks

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Category: Drywall, Sheetrock

Deco Moldings provides fantastic values on all the latest decorating trends in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement market. Specializes in wall panel, wainscoting, wall paneling. Located in NV, Deco Moldings has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 2005.

Category: Wall Panel, Wainscoting, Wall Paneling

Nashua, NH Plumbing Services. Masi Plumbing has, since 2009, been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

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Bathroom Showcase in Nashua, NH. Masi Plumbing has been a member since 2009 in the Home Improvement directory.

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Category: Landscaping, Sprinklers, Irrigation And Snow Plowing Massachusetts

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Category: Residential & Commercial Irrigation Watering Solutions

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Category: Low Cost Lawn Watering

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Category: Discount Sprinklers & Lawn Watering

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Providers of Home Improvement-related services and is located in MA for corporations looking for Landscape Design. Look toTompkins Landscaping & Irrigation to solve those complex management details.

Category: Landscape Design

Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation is a registered member in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement vertical market and services the area's Landscaping Services needs. Visit us at http://tompkinscorp.net to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Landscaping Services

Provides and services commercial snow plowing, snow removal, plowing. Found in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement, Home Improvement group in this directory.

Category: Commercial Snow Plowing, Snow Removal, Plowing

Offers a range of Low Cost Plowing for Area Companies looking for local-based but statewide-footprint solutions in the Greater MA market, with locations throughout the region.

Category: Low Cost Plowing For Area Companies

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Category: Low Cost Snowplowing

Providers of Home Improvement-related services and is located in MA for individuals and corporations looking for Snow Removal & Landscape Design. Look toTompkins Landscaping & Irrigation to solve those complex transactional details.

Category: Snow Removal & Landscape Design

Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation offer our customers the greatest possible values on quality Massachusetts Snow Plowing services. Member since 2015

Category: Massachusetts Snow Plowing

Offers home improvement products that includes kitchen remodeling, bathroom updates. Since 2005, Better Homes Corporation has been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Kitchen Remodeling, Bathroom Updates

Better Homes Corporation offer our customers the greatest possible values on quality home remodeling, home construction services. Member since 2005.

Category: Home Remodeling, Home Construction

http://www.home-remodeling.org allows users to search for the best OH Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement company for the ideal home improvement, home remodeling ideas, home remodeling plans as a community partner.

Category: Home Improvement, Home Remodeling Ideas, Home Remodeling Plans

Shop Country Village Carpets in the Home Improvement category to find the best deals in MA.

Category: Home Improvement

Laughton Nursery

Category: Residential And Commercial Nursery

Provides full-service bathroom remodeling services for customers. Visit http://host.web-print-design.com/splashnh-02 to take advantage of our special rates today.

Category: Bathroom Remodeling

A manufacturer of Inexpensive sprinklers and located in MA, Tomkins House has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 2009.

Category: Inexpensive Sprinklers

Tomkins House provides fantastic values on all the latest animal care trends in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement market. Specializes in North Andover landscaping. Located in MA, Tomkins House has been an Affordable Home Improvement supplier since 1998.

Category: North Andover Landscaping

Provides full-service Boston area landscaping services for customers needing landscaping and property maintenance services. Visit http://host.web-print-design.com/tompkins-02 to take advantage of our special rates today.

Category: Boston Area Landscaping

Retailer of Rivco Windows. Located in the Home Improvement directory since 2009, Window Medics strives to provide superior service and sell the highest quality products.

Category: Rivco Windows

Offers a range of services including plumbing, heating, air conditioning Nashua NH. MASI Plumbing has been a member since 2009 in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning Nashua Nh

Retailer and online storefront for sheds, storage sheds, prefab sheds. Located in the Home Improvement directory since 2009, NE Outdoor strives to provide superior service and sell the highest quality products.

Category: Sheds, Storage Sheds, Prefab Sheds

Offers home improvement products that includes shed, sheds, storage unit, garden shed. Since 2007, Reeds Ferry has been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Shed, Sheds, Storage Unit, Garden Shed

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Category: Shed, Gazebo

Specialize in kitchen and bath remodeling. Bay Area Kitchen and Windows has, since 2000, been listed in the Home Improvement directory.

Category: Kitchen And Bath Remodeling

Transformer Service, Inc.With over 50 years of experience, Transformer Service, Inc. offers complete testing, maintenance and repair services to electrical substation and distribution equipment including transformers, regulators, reclosers, switchgear, circuit breakers and relays to customers throughout the U.S. Specialties include transformers, regulators, reclosers. Directory partner since 2013.

Category: Electric Generator, Diesel Generator, Transfer Switch

Window Medics

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Management & Repairs

A supplier of real estate services, property management, Washington DC and located in Washington DC, Peabody Real Estate has been an Affordable Management and Repairs supplier since 2008.

Category: Real Estate Services, Property Management, Washington Dc

Concord Gateway works with the e-business environment to assist commercial lease companies in NH with banquet room, function rooms, banquet hall wedding, NH, new hampshire in determining effective marketing strategy, procurement, and development within the Management and Repairs marketplace.

Category: Banquet Room, Function Rooms, Banquet Hall Wedding, Nh, New Hampshire

Provides full-service property management, property management massachusetts, boston services for customers needing POMEC, R&M, PPOMEC and other related commercial property management services. Visit http://host.web-print-design.com/upm2012 to take advantage of our special rates today.

Category: Property Management, Property Management Massachusetts, Boston

Based in MA, Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation provides Low Cost Irrigation Systems as a Management and Repairs service located in Boston and northeastern Massachusetts.

Category: Low Cost Irrigation Systems

As one of the area's privately-owned Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement corporations, Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation in MA Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement provides Low Cost Sprinklers. Member since 2015.

Category: Low Cost Sprinklers

Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation has been a trusted partner for Massachusetts Irrigation Installation Management and Repairs fellow firms since 2015, providing sound resource management for Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement members.

Category: Massachusetts Irrigation Installation

Provides full-service Low Cost Plowing for Area Companies for customers needing landscaping and property maintenance services. Visit http://lowcostplowing.net to take advantage of our special rates today.

Category: Low Cost Plowing For Area Companies

Tompkins Landscaping & Irrigation offer our customers the greatest possible values on quality Noth Andover Snow Removal services. Member since 2015.

Category: Noth Andover Snow Removal

http://snowking.net allows users to search for the best MA Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement for the ideal Property Manager Snow Removal company as a community partner.

Category: Property Manager Snow Removal

Offers a range of Commercial Plumbing in Massahusetts solutions in the Greater MA market, with locations throughout the region.

Category: Commercial Plumbing In Massahusetts

Shop Reliable Exteriors in the Management and Repairs category to find the best deals in GA.

Category: Management And Repairs

As an institution, Trade Reference Network has been a good corporate sponsor for the MA construction employment recruiting industry. A member of the directory since 1999 in the Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement section.

Category: Construction Employment Recruiting Industry

Specialized in Management and Repairs with operations and headquarters in MA, Cape Ann Septic Services is a leading national provider of Construction Real Estate and Home Improvement. septic service MA. Directory listing since 2008.

Category: Septic Service Ma

Property Management

Domo is a registered member in the Property Management vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/domo to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Handyman Services

Commercial real estate services company with operations in MA providing property management and apartment rentals throughout greater Lowell with the services local residents depend on. Initially a member of this listing since 1999. Member of the Property Management group.

Category: Property Management

Providers of Property Management-related services and is located in MA for individuals and corporations looking for commercial property management services. Look toPine Properties to solve the day-to-day operational details.

Category: Property Management

North American company selling to Property Management groups Lowell area apartment property management. Universal Property-1999 has been listed in Property Management since 2008.

Category: Lowell Area Apartment Property Management

Provides a complete range of Property Management. Located in MA, Sullivan Companies services a broad range of retail, business, and institutional clients. Filed with Property Management

Category: Property Management

As an institution, Howland Development #2 has been a good corporate sponsor for the MA commercial real estate industry. A member of the directory since 2009 in the Property Management section.

Category: Commercial Real Estate Industry

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Approximately 90% of all lung cancers occur among smokers and approximately 10% occur among non-smokers. (MLF Note: Some recent research indicates that approximately 8% of men and 20% of women diagnosed with lung cancer were never-smokers--see High Rates of Lung Cancer Found for Female Non-smokers). Passive smoking contributes to the development of lung cancer among non-smokers and certain occupational exposures such as asbestos exposure are also known to cause lung cancer. (Source: National Cancer Institute)  "Although cigarette smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer, other risk factors include industrial exposures to agents such as asbestos, arsenic, uranium, nickel, and chromates as well as exposures to the indoor air pollutants such as formaldehyde and radon gas. There are a significant number of patients who do not have the risk factors outlined above. Lung cancer is not necessarily a self-inflicted disease by smoking. The incidence of lung cancer in women without a history of prior smoking has increased in recent years.  Histologic types of lung cancer are different between smokers and non-smokers. The majority of patients with no prior smoking have a histologic type of adenocarcinoma as opposed to either squamous cell carcinoma or small cell carcinoma, common in patients with prior smoking. Estrogens are known to act as tumor promoters through a receptor-mediated mechanism in reproductive organs. There are some reports of estrogen receptor expression in lung cancer, and it is possible that the lung is an estrogen-responsive organ and that women are more susceptible to lung cancer than men, suggesting a role for estrogen in the development of this disease." (Source: Noah C. Choi, M.D., Distinguished Scholar in Thoracic Oncology, Director of MGH Thoracic Oncology Center, Head of Thoracic Oncology Unit,  Massachusetts General Hospital) 


How Can I Find Out If I Have Lung Cancer?

Early Detection Low-Dose Spiral CT Scan Screening

"How do you discover a lung cancer while it is curable?  Doctors no longer rely nearly as much on routine annual chest X-rays in smokers, because there are better diagnostic techniques. In my own practice, I send everyone at special risk-particularly cigarette smokers, past or present, for a low-dose helical CT scan of the chest every year or two. This scan has detected several small cancers among my patients, who subsequently were cured." (Source: Face The Facts About Lung Cancer, by Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, Boston Sunday Globe, 11/9/03)

"The best hope of curing lung cancer is finding it as early as possible. If you are at risk, this new test (CT scan) can detect tiny spots on your lungs years before they would even be seen on a regular chest x-ray. These tiny spots, or nodules may be signs of early lung cancer." (Source: The New York Early Lung Cancer Action Program)

"Lung cancer results in more deaths in the United States than any other malignancy, and accounts for more cancer deaths than breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer causes no symptoms in its earliest stages. Moreover, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer is only 14 percent, a number that has not changed significantly in many years. These statistics underscore the dire need for the earliest detection possible. An effective screening technique that detects the cancer in its initial stages may help prevent death in the nearly 170,000 individuals diagnosed with this disease each year." "CT screening transforms the prognosis for lung cancer, just as mammography did for breast cancer and the PAP test did for cervical cancer." "The current five-year survival rate for lung cancer is only 14 percent But that could soar to 80% if all smokers and ex-smokers received annual CT exams and early treatment" (Source: Claudia I. Henschke, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Chest Imaging at the New York Weill Cornell Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital)

Spiral computed tomography (CT) of the chest performed in middle-aged smokers can help identify two to four times more lung cancers than chest x-rays, with more than 70 percent of the tumors still in Stage 1, according to an article on lung cancer in the first issue for November (2002) of the American Thoracic Society's peer reviewed journal, the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. (Source: Intelihealth. com [a subsidiary of Aetna]).

The Early Lung Cancer Action Project.  Study population was 1,000 symptom-free volunteers of whom 46% were female and 54% were male.  The median age of this study was 67, the median pack years smoking was 47 and asbestos exposure was 14% of cohort.  The volunteers were considered medically able to have thoracic surgery.  Both chest x-ray and low-dose CT scan were utilized in the study.  The results of the study were as follows: (1) the low-dose CT scan detected nodules in 233 volunteers; the chest x-ray detected nodules in 68 volunteers.  (2) High Resolution CT scan evaluation of the volunteers in foregoing (1) showed that 27 of the 233 volunteers (2.7%) with CT scan detected nodules had Stage 1 resectable lung cancers, whereas 7 of the 68 volunteers (0.7%) with x-ray detected nodules had Stage 1 resectable lung cancers.  Study Conclusion was that low dose spiral CT scan is a useful way to identify early stage lung cancer in populations at high risk for developing lung cancer.  (Source: Lancet, July 10, 1999)

Early Lung Cancer Detection and Treatment Strategies. "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States. The majority of lung cancer patients will present with advanced disease with a very poor overall survival.  Although prior screening trials have shown no benefit from screening, there is renewed interest in low-dose CT screening as a screening modality for lung cancer. A high proportion of screen-detected cancers are early stage and resectable for cure. For the majority of these early stage patients, standard lobectomy is the treatment of choice. New options to potentially detect and treat early stage lung cancer will increase dramatically in the future." (Source: Port JL, Kent M, Altorki NK, Surg Oncol. 2002; 11:191-199)

In the June 24, 2003, Personal Journal section of the Wall Street Journal, Spiral CT Scan for early stage lung cancer detection was listed in an article entitled: "Five Tests Worth Paying For--Health Insurance Usually Won't Cover Them, but They Could Save Your Life"

 
 
 

 
 
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