You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Lung Cancer news Lung Cancer news Lung cancer tied to family risk of other cancers • Lung Cancer news • • Cancer news • May 14 07 People who have a first-degree relative with early-onset lung cancer are themselves at heightened risk for developing other types of cancer, according to a new report. The types… Long-term cannabis use raises risk of lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Apr 02 07 Cannabis increases the risk of lung cancer and may cause 5 per cent of cases of the disease in people aged 55 and under, according to a new… Colour sensor breath test can detect lung cancer • Breast Cancer news • • Lung Cancer news • Feb 26 07 Diagnosis of lung cancer by the analysis of exhaled breath with a colorimetric sensor array A breath test can successfully pick up lung cancer with “moderate accuracy” even in… Researchers surprised to find no link between marijuana, lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Feb 13 07 The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. The new findings “were against… Passive Smoke in Workplace Increases Lung Cancer Risk • Lung Cancer news • Jan 31 07 An analysis of nearly two dozen studies confirms the association between passive smoke in the workplace and an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a report in the… Dual Gene Therapy Suppresses Lung Cancer in Preclinical Test • Lung Cancer news • Jan 15 07 Combination gene therapy delivered in lipid - based nanoparticles drastically reduces the number and size of human non - small cell lung cancer tumors in mice, researchers at… Lung cancer patients need help to quit smoking • Lung Cancer news • Dec 28 06 Many lung cancer patients who smoke will pick up the habit again after treatment, usually within the first two months after surgery, a new study shows. However, the longer… Exercise Can Reduce a Smoker’s Lung Cancer Risk, but Quitting Still Most Important • Lung Cancer news • Dec 11 06 In a study of more than 36,000 women, researchers observed that smokers can reduce their risk of developing lung cancer by being physically active.… Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis • Lung Cancer news • Nov 17 06 While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing… Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice • Lung Cancer news • Nov 08 06 Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after… Women Catching Up to Men in Lung Cancer Deaths • Lung Cancer news • Nov 06 06 Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer-related killer in the United States. And while men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women, the trend is… New test predicts if lung cancer will spread • Lung Cancer news • Aug 10 06 Researchers say they have developed a test that can predict with near certainty whether the most common form of lung cancer will return after surgery. The new test could… Radiation-Armed Robot Rapidly Destroys Human Lung Tumors • Lung Cancer news • Jul 24 06 Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical… Blood test may find early lung cancer: study • Lung Cancer news • Jul 18 06 A blood test that looks for the body’s immune response to tumors may provide an easy way to detect lung cancer in patients long before an X-ray or CT… Simple blood test detects lung cancer before it’s too late • Lung Cancer news • Jul 17 06 Researchers in the United States have developed a blood test that is able to correctly predict non-small-cell lung cancer in patients years before any CT scan (computed… Non-Surgical Treatment Gives Lung Cancer Patients Three Years or More • Lung Cancer news • Jul 17 06 Fifty-seven percent of lung cancer patients who were treated with thermal ablation survived to three years, two years beyond average life expectancy, according to research in the… New hope for ways to overcome drug resistance in lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Jul 14 06 Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in… Marijuana tied to precancerous lung changes • Lung Cancer news • Jul 13 06 Smoking marijuana can cause changes in lung tissue that may promote cancer growth, according to a review of decades of research on marijuana smoking and lung cancer. Still, it is not… Women Smokers, Higher Risk But Lower Death Rates from Lung Cancer • Lung Cancer news • Jul 12 06 Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death,… Benefits of surgery for lung cancer unclear • Lung Cancer news • Jul 10 06 Evidence from clinical trials neither supports nor refutes a benefit for surgery as a treatment for the most common type of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer or NSCLC, according… Radiation Therapy Increases Survival in Certain Lung Cancer Patients • Lung Cancer news • Jun 12 06 Treating certain lung cancer patients with surgery followed by radiation therapy can improve their chances of long-term survival, according to a study of more than 7,000 patients. The… Lung cancer slowed by Pfizer drug • Lung Cancer news • Jun 05 06 A Pfizer Inc. kidney cancer drug has also shown promise in a small mid-stage trial as a treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, researchers said on Saturday. The… Heavy marijuana use not linked to lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • May 24 06 Despite popular belief, a new study shows that people who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk of developing lung cancer. It seems even heavy, long-term… Lung cancer death rates in lifelong non-smokers • Lung Cancer news • May 23 06 Lung cancer death rates are not higher among women than men who have never smoked, but death rates from lung cancer may be higher in African-American than Caucasian female never… Novel animal model of lung adenocarcinoma • Lung Cancer news • May 19 06 As reported in the June 1 issue of Genes and Development, Drs. Katerina Politi, Harold Varmus and colleagues at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have developed a… Page 10 of 12 pages « First < 8 9 10 11 12 > << Back to main
