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Recent Lung Cancer Headlines of Mar-24-06:

Research add new data to lung cancer body of knowledge
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... inhibition of aromatase. According to a study from the United States, "Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world. It is ...

Study: Vitamins do little to prevent lung cancer in smokers
Mar 24, 2006 ... March 23, 2006 - Contrary to what some smokers may hope, antioxidants and other vitamins see to offer no protection against lung cancer. ...

YM BioSciences initiates Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer trial with ...
Mar 24, 2006 ... ... product development company, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its multi-center Phase I/II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) trial ...

Personal Health The Shock of Lung Cancer, When It Strikes ...
New York Times, United States -
Mar 20, 2006... Then, in 1969, Dr. Karnofsky, a 55-year-old nonsmoker, died of lung cancer, caused perhaps by his work with nitrogen mustard in World War II. ...

Sunesis initiates phase II lung cancer trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review -
Mar 21, 2006... has begun treating patients in a phase II clinical trial of SNS-595, the company's lead anti-cancer therapeutic, in patients with small cell lung cancer. ...

Lung cancer not limited to just smokers ASKDRH MITCHELL HECHT
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA -
Mar 21, 2006Q: How could someone as young as Dana Reeve die from lung cancer – especially when they say she never smoked? A: While 85-90 percent ...

Sputum Test Could Help Screen For Lung Cancer
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Mar 21, 2006... Health) - Testing sputum samples for gene promoter hypermethylation may help identify high-risk patients who are likely to develop lung cancer, according to a ...

Lung Cancer Cases Linked To Smoking
WBAL Channel.com, MD -
Mar 20, 2006BALTIMORE -- It seems more women are becoming more aware of their risk of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. ...

Living with lung cancer
The News Journal, DE -
Mar 21, 2006Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, among both men and women. ... Most lung cancer deaths could have been prevented. ...

When Lung Cancer Is Diagnosed in a Non-Smoker
Cancerpage.com, GA -
Mar 21, 2006(March 21, 2006) Lung cancer does not just strike smokers and former smokers. Some 20% of lung cancer diagnoses are made for people who never smoked. ...

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
ABC News -
Mar 16, 2006By Amanda Gardner. WEDNESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — Specific genetic patterns may predict the course of lung cancer, researchers report. ...

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 ...

Health Tip: Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer, Too
Forbes -
Mar 17, 2006(HealthDay News) -- The disturbing truth about lung cancer is that while smoking is a primary avoidable cause, non-smokers can contract lung cancer, too. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
eMaxHealth.com, NC -
Mar 17, 2006A new report says despite a growing body of evidence that continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis has substantial adverse effects on treatment effectiveness ...

Gene test holds ‘great promise’ to predict lung cancer
NewKerala.com, India -
Mar 20, 2006Sydney: A new study has found that a test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer may also be able to predict ...

Smokes ad model has lung cancer
Daily Telegraph, Australia -
Mar 16, 2006LONDON: A former British model who fronted a multi-million pound cigarette ad campaign said yesterday he had throat cancer. John ...

Ware: AIM volunteer who
Rockport Pilot, TX -
Mar 22, 2006... August 2006. In a January 2006 HealthDay article, reporter Selena Gordon wrote, “Lung cancer is the deadliest of cancers. Its ...

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 ...

Lung Cancer's Chilling Gender Bias
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription), CA -
Mar 21, 2006Q: I was shocked to learn that Dana Reeve, the late Christopher Reeve's wife, died of lung cancer even though she was in her 40s and not a smoker. ...

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 ...

Dana Reeve's death draws attention to lung cancer
Reuters India, India -
Mar 8, 2006WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lung cancer death of activist Dana Reeve, a non-smoker and widow of "Superman" star Christopher Reeve, has focused attention on what ...

Dana Reeve death draws attention to lung cancer
CTV.ca, Canada -
Mar 8, 2006Reeve passed away Monday at the age of 44. She had been battling lung cancer despite never having smoked, nor having been exposed to second-hand smoke. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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