Lung Cancer News

When Lois Rooney of Prairie Village learned she had lung cancer, she was very scared of the disease.

About one-third of under 18s can buy cigarettes in a shop or pub, a watchdog has revealed.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Lung Cancer ; Colorectal Cancer ; Genetics Article Date: 26 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Researchers at the University of Granada have found a suicide gene, called 'gene E', which leads to the death of tumour cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer , and prevents their growth.

Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Colorectal Cancer Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST NICE will be making two announcements on cancer treatments this week.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and normal cells with almost 97 percent accuracy.

Don't mess with the breast. That's the clear message that has emerged from the uproar over a medical panel's recommendation last week that American women don't need as many mammograms as they're getting.

A PENSIONER who has battled cancer six times is calling on other people with the disease to stay positive and keep fighting.

Confronted with a public smoking ban, higher sin taxes and more anti-smoking efforts, fewer Ohioans are lighting up.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 Researchers have found that 43 percent of patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer in a clinical trial met the clinical criteria for insomnia syndrome and an additional 37 percent had insomnia symptoms, suggesting that the majority of ...

The uproar over new breast cancer screening guidelines in the United States underscores the delicate balance scientists and health policy experts face in trying to convince a wary American public that less healthcare, in some cases, may be good for them.

By- Dr. Jonathan Wood This Thursday, Nov 19th, 1009, is the 34th Annual Great American Smokeout.

TONY EASTLEY: A new blood test is being developed which will not only detect 15 per cent of all cancers but will also help treatments for some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.

Main Category: Lung Cancer Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 22 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use , the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency , has adopted a negative opinion for the use of Erbitux in combination with ...

Recent advances in cancer therapeutics have led to the discovery of biomarkers that can predict patient response to certain drugs.

Integrated, comprehensive and advanced cancer treatment became available in central Oklahoma with the recent opening of the Integris Cancer Institute of Oklahoma on a campus shared with the ProCure Proton Therapy Center.

New recommendations on the use of chemotherapy to treat patients with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer were issued today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology .

Anti-smoking advocates may have had good reason to celebrate in recent years. A string of victories - cigarette tax increases, laws banning indoor smoking and the government decision to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco - seemed to be persuading smokers to quit for good.

Eighteen former workers who suffer from silicosis or silico-tuberculosis are bringing a test case against the mining giant Anglo American South Africa , a subsidiary of the UK-based Anglo American Corporation.

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth and progression to metastasis.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 The American Society of Clinical Oncology has once again recognized Erbitux as one of the major clinical cancer advances of 2009.