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November 05, 2010

How Questions About Mammography Apply To CT Scans For Lung Cancer

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But lung CT also shares strikingly similar downsides with mammography. Consider this: The study found that one life is saved from lung cancer for every 300 [...]
October 28, 2010

New Drug Shows Promise Against Certain Lung Cancers

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In one study, researchers identified 82 patients from among 1500 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung malignancy, [...]
November 05, 2010

A.M. Vitals: Lung Cancer, Drink Ban, Insurance

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By WSJ Staff Lung Cancer Screening: In a significant advance in the battle against cancer, researchers with the National Cancer Institute found that [...]
October 09, 2010

New Tool Shows Promise For Early Lung Cancer Screening

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FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A new diagnostic tool that looks for signs of early stage lung cancer in the lining of the cheek show some promise in [...]
October 28, 2010

Gregory Isaacs Dead After Battling Lung Cancer

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By ThirdAge News Staff Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican reggae singer, died at the age of 59 after a battle with lung cancer. He passed away at his home in London. [...]
November 04, 2010

Waiting To Exhale: Lung Cancer At 21

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At 21 years old, she also wasn't your average lung cancer patient. Lung cancer kills as many people as the four top cancers combined: breast, colon, [...]
October 09, 2010

IsoRay's Announces First Implantation Of Its Cancer Treatment Cesium

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The company's Cesium-131, a radioactive capsule that kills cancer cells, was implanted in a patient with lung cancer. Once inside the patient's body, [...]
November 04, 2010

November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

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The death toll from lung cancer is really bad. Research shows cigarette smokers are up to 20 times more likely to develop lung cancers than people who have [...]
November 05, 2010

Simple Test Can Reduce Risk Of Lung Cancer By 20 Percent

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WASHINGTON - One test could potentially reduce the number of lives lost to lung cancer by twenty percent and it's catching the attention of the medical [...]
November 04, 2010

Study: CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths By 20%

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By Darron Cummings, AP By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY For the first time, a large study shows that using CT scans to screen smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer [...]
November 05, 2010

Early Scans Can Cut Lung Cancer Deaths

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LUNG cancer screening can save lives, researchers have demonstrated for the first time, but Australian experts say it may still cost too much to justify a [...]
November 05, 2010

CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Mortality: US Study

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“There is a gap in screening for lung cancer and any new study results will be reviewed carefully.” The study, sponsored by the US National Cancer Institute [...]
October 10, 2010

IsoRay Announces World's First Cesium

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Each year, over 222500 Americans develop primary lung cancer. In addition, more than 100000 cases of metastasized lung cancers are diagnosed very year. [...]
November 05, 2010

Shrewsbury Lung Cancer Vigil Raises Awareness For The Cause

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In fact, with all of the pink ribbons out there, lung cancer kills more women that breast cancer. He speculated that perhaps it's the complete misperception [...]
November 06, 2010

Spiral CT Cuts Lung Cancer Death Risk In Heavy Smokers

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Heavy smokers who receive a low-dose helical computed tomography (CT), also known as spiral CT may be 20 percent less likely to die from lung cancer, [...]
October 28, 2010

Reggae Artist Gregory Isaacs Dies From Lung Cancer

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Wife June Isaacs says that her husband died after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. “Gregory used to sit and go through his lyrics with a dictionary,” his [...]
November 04, 2010

Diabetes Drugs Show Promise As Lung Cancer Treatments

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For the study, Mazzone and his team reviewed the records of 600 diabetics with lung cancer. They found that 25 percent of those taking either metformin or [...]
October 28, 2010

Proton Therapy For Lung Cancer: New Data To Consider

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The role of radiation therapy (RT) in lung cancer is long established; some of the earliest Radiation Therapy Oncology Group reports dealt with non-small [...]
November 06, 2010

Lung Cancer Risk In Women Surpasses Breast Cancer

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By Special to The Messenger November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and The Great American Smokeout. Many people may not realize that lung cancer has [...]
November 06, 2010

FP's Lawrence Solomon: The Scan That Cures

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CT scans reduce lung cancer rates, according to a new study, but the researchers don't know why. 'This is the first time that we have seen clear evidence of [...]
October 28, 2010

Lung Cancer Walk And Rally

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The 8th Annual Lung Cancer Walk and Rally will take place on Saturday, Nov. 6, starting at the Riverwalk Park Grand Pavilion, 500 W. Jackson, Naperville. [...]
October 09, 2010

Lung Cancer Symptoms, Signs, Survival Rates, Prognosis, Stages ...


Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women and men both in the United States and throughout the world. Lung cancer has surpassed breast [...]
October 09, 2010

Lung Cancer - Cancer Information - Macmillan Cancer Support


Information about primary lung cancer (cancer that starts in the lungs), its causes and symptoms and what is likely to happen if you are diagnosed with this [...]
October 28, 2010

Lung Cancer Online


18 Feb 2009 LungCancerOnline.org is a directory of information and resources for lung cancer patients and their families. The Lung Cancer Online [...]
October 09, 2010

Roche Drugs Point To Personalised Lung Cancer Care

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VX) experimental drug MetMab and its established product Tarceva showed impressive results in lung cancer trials on Saturday, highlighting how treating the [...]

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