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Recent Lung Cancer Headlines of Mar-19-06:

Researchers Discover a Unique Molecular Profile for Lung Cancer
Kansas City infoZine, MO -
Mar 17, 2006A team of researchers has found that the expression pattern of certain microRNAs, or miRNAs, may predict tumor aggressiveness in some patients with lung cancer ...

Depleted Uranium: US Lung Cancer Rates Soar
DisInfo.com, NY -
Mar 17, 2006On average there are 175,000 new cases of lung cancer each year in the United States. For just the months of January and February ...

Diabetes Not Tied to Increased Lung Cancer Risk
PakTribune.com, Pakistan -
Mar 16, 2006ISLAMABAD: While studies have shown that the rate of some cancers is increased in patients with diabetes, the risk of lung cancer apparently is not, according ...

Gene test 'helps predict lung cancer'
The Age, Australia -
Mar 15, 2006A test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer may be able to predict who actually develops the deadly disease ...

Gene test helps predict lung cancer, study finds
Reuters.uk, UK -
Mar 16, 2006WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer might be able to predict who actually ...

Genes May Help Guide Lung Cancer Care
Forbes -
Mar 15, 2006WEDNESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Specific genetic patterns may predict the course of lung cancer, researchers report. The ...

Nonsmokers with lung cancer
Monterey County Herald, CA -
Mar 16, 2006... And they have no idea why more women who have never touched a cigarette get lung cancer than men who have never lit up. Lung cancer ...

Dana Reeve's Death Draws Attention to Lung Cancer
International News Service, Australia -
Mar 15, 2006... Writer. Dana Reeve isn't your typical victim of lung cancer, but she is not a rarity. ... A. Smoking is the biggest cause of lung cancer. Smoking ...

CU Researchers Develop Test To Predict Lung Cancer
cbs4denver.com, CO -
Mar 15, 2006... form of cancer. Doctors have found they can basically use spit to find out if someone is likely to get lung cancer. The research ...

Drop in Total Cancer Deaths
eMaxHealth.com, NC -
Mar 16, 2006... Incidence and death rates from lung cancer continue to decrease in men. Among women the lung cancer incidence rate has leveled off ...

Lung cancer molecular profile discovered by researchers.
MedIndia, India -
Mar 15, 2006The analysis of these findings indicates that miRNAs may represent a new class of diagnostic and prognostic tools for lung cancer. ...

CRP may detect lung cancer risk in smokers
Independent Online, South Africa -
Mar 12, 2006CRP levels are commonly used to gauge inflammation, which is thought to play a role in the development of abnormal airway lesions and lung cancer. ...

Program targets lung cancer
Inside Bay Area, CA -
Mar 13, 2006... resident said she was lucky after she heard about the unexpected death this past week of Dana Reeve — widow of Christopher Reeve — a victim of lung cancer. ...

A boost in fight on lung cancer
Denver Post, CO -
Mar 15, 2006In a discovery that offers long- awaited hope for the early detection of lung cancer, researchers say genetic tests on mucus predicted which people eventually ...

Loss of Dana Reeve Highlights Women's Unique Lung Cancer Risks
Fashion Monitor Toronto, Canada -
Mar 13, 2006The stunning loss of Dana Reeve at age 44 highlights lung cancer's toll on women—taking more lives than breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and uterine cancer ...

Early lung cancer detection needed
Loveland Herald Reporter, CO -
Mar 11, 2006When Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, died of lung cancer Monday, the stories of her death pointed out that she didn’t smoke. ...

High lung cancer rate seen in North Toledo
Toledo Blade, OH -
Mar 11, 2006Lung cancer is high in North Toledo's Lagrange Street area, according to a presentation yesterday at Toledo Hospital by one of the Ohio Department of Health's ...

Dana Reeve Dies of Lung Cancer at 44
Olberlin, KS -
Mar 11, 2006... married the strapping star of the "Superman" movies and then devoted herself to his care and his cause after he was paralyzed, has died of lung cancer, a year ...

Assemblywoman loses battle with lung cancer
WCAX, VT -
Mar 12, 2006BUFFALO, NY Republican Assemblywoman Sandra Lee Wirth has lost a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 60. Wirth, a former Erie ...

C-reactive Protein (CRP) Levels Could Assess Future Lung Cancer ...
MedIndia, India -
Mar 11, 2006... be helpful in the design of future chemoprevention and early detection studies by identifying high-risk subjects for non-small-cell lung cancer," the authors ...

Reeve's death saddens lung cancer survivor
Mar 19, 2006 ... sent them reeling: Gina had lung cancer. "I don't smoke, I don't have radon ...

Cells In Mucus From Lungs Of High-Risk Patients Can Predict Tumor ...
Mar 19, 2006 ... ... in sputum for evidence of “silenced” genes correctly identified the majority of patients who were later diagnosed with lung cancer, say researchers in a ...

Concurrent Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy for Small Cell Lung ...
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN -
Mar 16, 2006... paclitaxel), and Vepesid® (etoposide) plus radiation therapy delivered at the same time is an effective treatment regimen for limited small cell lung cancer. ...

Reeve's Death Puts Focus on Women's Lung Cancer Risk
Forbes -
Mar 8, 2006... News) -- Experts say it may take the illness and death of Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, to finally swing attention to lung cancer's grim toll ...

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